Editing Literal and figurative language (section)

==Reddy and contemporary views==
Beginning with the work of Michael Reddy in his 1979 paper "[[Conduit metaphor|The Conduit Metaphor]]", many linguists now deny that there is a valid way to distinguish between a "literal" and "figurative" mode of language.<ref name="Ortony1993">{{cite book |last=Ortony |first=Andrew |title=Metaphor and Thought |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QiJRvuXA_VcC&pg=PA204 |access-date=20 December 2012 |year=1993 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521405614 |pages=204–}}</ref> Nevertheless, work has continued on making such a distinction.<ref>
For example:
{{cite book
 |last1                = Steen
 |first1               = Gerard J.
 |last2                = Dorst
 |first2               = Aletta G.
 |last3                = Herrmann
 |first3               = J. Berenike
 |last4                = Kaal
 |first4               = Anna
 |last5                = Krennmayr
 |first5               = Tina
 |last6                = Pasma
 |first6               = Tryntje
 |year                 = 2010
 |title                = A Method for Linguistic Metaphor Identification: From MIP to MIPVU
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=I6CLpwAACAAJ
 |series               = Converging evidence in language and communication research, ISSN 1566-7774, volume 14
 |publisher            = John Benjamins Publishing Company
 |isbn                 = 9789027239044
 |access-date          = 2 May 2025
}}
</ref>