  Mixed metaphors have been neglected in recent metaphor research. This paper
suggests that such neglect is short-sighted. Though mixing is a more complex
phenomenon than straight metaphors, the same kinds of reasoning and knowledge
structures are required. This paper provides an analysis of both parallel and
serial mixed metaphors within the framework of an AI system which is already
capable of reasoning about straight metaphorical manifestations and argues that
the processes underlying mixing are central to metaphorical meaning. Therefore,
any theory of metaphors must be able to account for mixing.
