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My research explores how metaphors function as both cognitive tools and rhetorical means of communication. I study how metaphor and embodiment shape emotional and cognitive experience in contexts such as psychotherapy and public discourse on gender, identity, and bildung. Theoretically, I focus on degrees of metaphoricity and the interaction between metaphor and metonymy within multimodal communication. I am a member of Multimodality, Language and Organization and co-founder of MetNet Scandinavia, and currently developing the project Images of Fatherhood on metaphors and cultural narratives of fatherhood.
Education/Academic qualification
Danish - Linguistics, PH.D., Cognition in interaction, University of Copenhagen
1. Feb 2005 → 1. Jun 2008
Award Date: 10. Oct 2008
Current external positions
Examiner of PH.D. dissertation, Aarhus University
Jul 2024 → Jun 2025
Editor of special issue on metonymy, Metaphor and the Social World
2024 → 2025
Examiner of PH.D. dissertation, University of Oslo
2024 → Mar 2025
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Embodied, Social, and Creative Dimensions of Metonymy
Johansson Falck, M. & Jensen, T. W., Nov 2025, In: Metaphor and the Social World. 15, 2, p. 185-195Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Moral metaphor, metonymic causation: An examination of the intertwined metaphoric/metonymic nature and social use of plet as an expression of social exposure and shame in Danish
Jensen, T. W., 2025, In: Metaphor and the Social World. 15, 2, p. 242-262Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Metaphoric creativity as embodied performance in social interaction
Jensen, T. W., 2024, The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition . J. Ball, L. & Vallée-Tourangeau , F. (eds.). 1. ed. London: Routledge, p. 254-270Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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"Må jeg se din plet?": En undersøgelse af den overførte brug af ordet 'plet' som både metafor og metonymi
Jensen, T. W., 11. Dec 2023, In: NyS. 64, p. 88-119 64.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The emergence and management of embodied dilemmas in psychotherapeutic interaction: a qualitative study
Trasmundi, S. B., Jensen, T. W., Bruun, H., Kjølbye Wrist, K. & Steffensen, S., 30. Jan 2023, In: Qualitative Health Communication. 2, 1, p. 41-57Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Fadervreden og det åbne rum - nye metaforer i relation til fædreskab
Jensen, T. W. (Guest lecturer)
24. Oct 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Metaphor and the Social World (Journal)
Jensen, T. W. (Editor)
May 2024 → Nov 2025Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Editor of research journal › Research
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“Now that we have such a stain on us”: The intertwined metaphoric/metonymic nature and social use of ‘stain’ as an expression of shame in Danish
Jensen, T. W. (Guest lecturer)
29. Jun 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Resome. Relation som mestringsmetoder
Jensen, T. W. (Consultant)
2023 → 2024Activity: Public and private sector consultation › Consultancy
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“We have such a stain on us”: The metonymic affordances of the stain metaphor
Jensen, T. W. (Guest lecturer)
17. Aug 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
Projects
- 1 Finished
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EPICLE: The Ecology of Psychotherapy - Integrating Cognition, Language and Emotion / Funded by VELUX fonden
Steffensen, S. V. (PI), Jensen, T. W. (PI), Philipsen, J. S. (CoI), Trasmundi, S. B. (CoI) & Worsøe, L. B. (CoI)
01/02/2016 → 31/01/2021
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Et kronotopisk møde mellem elever og kanonlitteraturens konceptuelle metaforer i en biliteracykontekst
05/08/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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News & Co: Årets engelske ord 2024 er fundet
03/12/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Er det en frigørelse, eller er vores seksuelle drift ved at drukne i frugtsaft?
07/08/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Debat: Nedskæringer kan føre til afvikling af humaniora uden for storbyerne
28/09/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Forskere om kandidatudspil: Nedskæringer kan føre til afvikling af humaniora uden for storbyerne
28/09/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Teaching & Supervision
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Danskfagets videnskabsteori
Haarder, J. H. & Jensen, T. W. 02/02/2026 → 01/07/2026
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Danskfagets videnskabsteori og metoder
Haarder, J. H. & Jensen, T. W. 03/02/2025 → 30/06/2025
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching