Two main families of approaches to metaphor exist: text linguistics and corpus studies on the one hand, and experimental investigations on the other. This seminar is intended to show the utility of combining and blending these two approaches. Capitalizing on RaAM’s strong orientation toward applied corpus studies and on the experimental expertise of the NEPLab, the seminar will foster dialog between metaphor research and a number of related disciplines, such as psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, language acquisition, computational linguistics, and Experimental Pragmatics. The event will preserve the diversity of topics that traditionally characterizes RaAM events, while also promoting a wider range of methodological approaches, from behavioral investigations to corpus studies.