In 2008, the seventh international conference on researching and applying metaphor took place at the University of Extremadura, from 29 to 31 May.

The theme of the conference was “Metaphor in Cross-Cultural Communication”.

The invited speakers at this conference were:

  • Raymond W. Gibbs (University of California Santa Cruz, United States
  • Zoltan Kövecses (Eötvos Loránd Tudományegyetem, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Rukmini Bhaya Nair (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India)
  • Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain)

Here you can find the archived conference website.