Niamh A. O'Dowd
@niamhaod.bsky.social
Linguist at Uni of Oslo | my research focuses on metaphor, multimodality, creativity, and environmental communication
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Niamh A. O'Dowd
@niamhaod.bsky.social
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The Framing Effects of Metaphor and Metonymy in Multimodal Campaigns About Plastic Pollution: A Solutions-Oriented and Emotion-Oriented Study
The use of metaphor and metonymy in social awareness campaigns has been shown as an effective strategy to evoke emotional reactions in the audience and influence behavior change. Using authentic ca...
www.tandfonline.com
Excited to share a new open access article on #metaphor framing in awareness campaigns about plastic pollution 😀 This one was over 2 years in peer review and wow! I learnt so much along the way. Findings indicate framing effects of #multimodal campaign discourse: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Highly amusing musings on a trope I love😅
This week's slightly delayed post is about #metonymy. I collected examples on my travels to Oxford, from a coffee cup to the White House. #linguistics makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/26/a...
A week in metonymy: From the personal to the political
Last week was metonymy week for me. In this post I’ll tell you three stories about metonymy, all related to a train ride to and from Oxford with my husband – a sort of anniversary trip, as we met t…
makingsciencepublic.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Highly amusing musings on a trope I love😅
Some exciting contributions to a special issue on metonymy now out in Metaphor and the Social World 🎉 I wrote a Forum Piece about the "fuzzy" or "blurred" boundaries between metaphor and metonymy and how they can seem to shape-shift in and out of each other. www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Looking back on the metaphor-metonymy divide | John Benjamins
Abstract
Recent research suggests more overlaps between metaphor and metonymy than is often suggested by theoretical and
applied studies, which can frequently tend towards cleanly identifying between ...
www.jbe-platform.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Some exciting contributions to a special issue on metonymy now out in Metaphor and the Social World 🎉 I wrote a Forum Piece about the "fuzzy" or "blurred" boundaries between metaphor and metonymy and how they can seem to shape-shift in and out of each other. www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
In one year, I've submitted, defended, and graduated from my PhD🎓all whilst going through a debilitating chronic injury👩🦽🩼Despite not having mobility right now, I'm so grateful for all the amazing things that have happened this year. Spot the cheeky crutch in the pic 👀 📸UiO/Jarli&Jordan #unioslo
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In one year, I've submitted, defended, and graduated from my PhD🎓all whilst going through a debilitating chronic injury👩🦽🩼Despite not having mobility right now, I'm so grateful for all the amazing things that have happened this year. Spot the cheeky crutch in the pic 👀 📸UiO/Jarli&Jordan #unioslo
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🚩New publication in #Multimodality&Society
Together with Ulrike Hahn & Robert Butler, we reflect on the role of #comics to communicate about #climate science
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Together with Ulrike Hahn & Robert Butler, we reflect on the role of #comics to communicate about #climate science
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚩New publication in #Multimodality&Society
Together with Ulrike Hahn & Robert Butler, we reflect on the role of #comics to communicate about #climate science
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Together with Ulrike Hahn & Robert Butler, we reflect on the role of #comics to communicate about #climate science
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Delighted to announce that last Friday I successfully defended my PhD 🎉🥂👯♀️ I was incredibly privileged to be examined by @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social, Thomas Wiben Jensen, & Iina Hellsten 🥳 & to be surrounded by my family and friends 💖 now for some time to process & rest 💆🏻♀️ #PhDone @uio.no
April 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Delighted to announce that last Friday I successfully defended my PhD 🎉🥂👯♀️ I was incredibly privileged to be examined by @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social, Thomas Wiben Jensen, & Iina Hellsten 🥳 & to be surrounded by my family and friends 💖 now for some time to process & rest 💆🏻♀️ #PhDone @uio.no
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🚨🚨🚨 I'm hiring a Postdoc for a 3-year position to come work with me at the University of Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. Please share widely.
🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25
shorturl.at/vSTZx
🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25
shorturl.at/vSTZx
Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, May 31, 2025
shorturl.at
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🚨🚨🚨 I'm hiring a Postdoc for a 3-year position to come work with me at the University of Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. Please share widely.
🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25
shorturl.at/vSTZx
🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25
shorturl.at/vSTZx
Love this new ad with Ambika Mod, reinterpreting the "our planet is burning and our banks are fuelling the fire" metaphorical narrative. Tough emotive strategy from the banks, but probably persuasive enough?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gA...
Beep starring Ambika Mod
YouTube video by Make My Money Matter
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February 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Love this new ad with Ambika Mod, reinterpreting the "our planet is burning and our banks are fuelling the fire" metaphorical narrative. Tough emotive strategy from the banks, but probably persuasive enough?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gA...
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This week's post explores an interesting #metaphor phenomenon that I observed when studying floods and wildfires - what I call 'reciprocal metaphorical mapping' blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingscienc...
Floods and fires: Reciprocal metaphorical mappings in crisis response - Making Science Public
Psychologists, sociologists, linguists and many others have studied how people respond to extreme weather events, such as floods or wildfires. Some linguists have been interested in particular in analysing the use and impact of metaphors. When we studied the 2021 German floods, Rusi Jaspal and I found that floods were either metaphorically framed as human, ...
blogs.nottingham.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This week's post explores an interesting #metaphor phenomenon that I observed when studying floods and wildfires - what I call 'reciprocal metaphorical mapping' blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingscienc...
Reposted by Niamh A. O'Dowd
📢 CfP: Migration in an evolving global landscape: exploring agency, resistance and precarity over time
University of Sussex, May 14
Submissions are invited from PhD students across South-East England in the Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities, and beyond
docs.google.com/forms/d/1aKE...
University of Sussex, May 14
Submissions are invited from PhD students across South-East England in the Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities, and beyond
docs.google.com/forms/d/1aKE...
Call for Papers: Migration PGR Conference - 2025
Migration in an evolving global landscape: exploring agency, resistance and precarity over time
What: A one-day conference organised by and for PhD researchers interested in migration.
When: Wedne...
docs.google.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
📢 CfP: Migration in an evolving global landscape: exploring agency, resistance and precarity over time
University of Sussex, May 14
Submissions are invited from PhD students across South-East England in the Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities, and beyond
docs.google.com/forms/d/1aKE...
University of Sussex, May 14
Submissions are invited from PhD students across South-East England in the Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities, and beyond
docs.google.com/forms/d/1aKE...
Reposted by Niamh A. O'Dowd
I think my new book Language, Image, Gesture: The Cognitive Semiotics of Politics might (finally!) have been published. Currently only in digital format with print copies available from Feb. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
Language, Image, Gesture
Cambridge Core - Cognitive Linguistics - Language, Image, Gesture
www.cambridge.org
January 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I think my new book Language, Image, Gesture: The Cognitive Semiotics of Politics might (finally!) have been published. Currently only in digital format with print copies available from Feb. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
Excited to share a new open access article on #metaphor framing in awareness campaigns about plastic pollution 😀 This one was over 2 years in peer review and wow! I learnt so much along the way. Findings indicate framing effects of #multimodal campaign discourse: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Framing Effects of Metaphor and Metonymy in Multimodal Campaigns About Plastic Pollution: A Solutions-Oriented and Emotion-Oriented Study
The use of metaphor and metonymy in social awareness campaigns has been shown as an effective strategy to evoke emotional reactions in the audience and influence behavior change. Using authentic ca...
www.tandfonline.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Excited to share a new open access article on #metaphor framing in awareness campaigns about plastic pollution 😀 This one was over 2 years in peer review and wow! I learnt so much along the way. Findings indicate framing effects of #multimodal campaign discourse: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Niamh A. O'Dowd
Come and work with us in the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham!
Come join our ace team at @lcuob.bsky.social
We are hiring two Assistant Professors in Digital Media and Communications:
⏩ Language and New Media specialism:
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⏩ Intercultural Communication specialism:
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We are hiring two Assistant Professors in Digital Media and Communications:
⏩ Language and New Media specialism:
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
⏩ Intercultural Communication specialism:
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
December 10, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Come and work with us in the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham!
Fully funded PhD positions linked to Figurative Communication are now open at the Univeristy of Oslo🎉 Also calls for corpus linguistics and language variation projects. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
December 7, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Fully funded PhD positions linked to Figurative Communication are now open at the Univeristy of Oslo🎉 Also calls for corpus linguistics and language variation projects. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
My latest 🔓 article (part of my PhD research) co-authored with Lorraine Adriano and @jeannettel.bsky.social has been selected for inclusion in a special issue dedicated to informing the next UN #ClimateEvent. Shocked and thrilled! #ClimateAction #COP29
November 22, 2024 at 1:04 PM
My latest 🔓 article (part of my PhD research) co-authored with Lorraine Adriano and @jeannettel.bsky.social has been selected for inclusion in a special issue dedicated to informing the next UN #ClimateEvent. Shocked and thrilled! #ClimateAction #COP29
Reposted by Niamh A. O'Dowd
So, I have created a starter pack for people interested in #metaphor. I bet I left a lot of people out. Please let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/DvxejFX
November 17, 2024 at 11:46 AM
So, I have created a starter pack for people interested in #metaphor. I bet I left a lot of people out. Please let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/DvxejFX