Metaphors and why they are important - useful references

I'm doing some research on metaphors in understanding, here are a couple of good references Lakoff and johnson 2003 metaphors we live by, chicago , university of chicago press

P3 we think in metaphors Ortony 1975 why metaphors are necessary and not just nice, educational theory vol24, no1, p45-53

They are concise

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