Here is a list of seven reviews in academic journals of the 4D DMT model elaborated in Slowing Metaphor Down (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2023).

Bin Zhang, in Metaphor and the Social World, March 2025, (PDF) Review of Steen (2023): Slowing Metaphor Down. Elaborating Deliberate Metaphor Theory.

Eric Rundquist, in Language and Literature, December 2024, Book Review: Slowing Metaphor Down – Eric Rundquist, 2025

Richard Gerrig, in Metaphor & Symbol, May 2024, Slowing Metaphor Down: Elaborating Deliberate Metaphor Theory: Metaphor and Symbol: Vol 39 , No 3 – Get Access

Yang Gao and Deliang Wang, in Functions of Language, May 2024, Review of Steen (2023): Slowing Metaphor Down: Elaborating Deliberate Metaphor Theory | Semantic Scholar

Xinman Liu, in Discourse Studies, May 2024, Book Review: Gerard J. Steen, Slowing Metaphor Down: Elaborating Deliberate Metaphor Theory – Xinman Liu, 2024

Chaojun Jang and Lin Yu, in System, April 2024, Slowing Metaphor Down: Elaborating Deliberate Metaphor Theory, J. Gerald, Steen (Eds.), John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia (2023), p. 355, US$150.00 (hardback), ISBN 9789027213853 – ScienceDirect

Yuchen Liu and Yuekun Liu, in Social Semiotics, April 2024, Slowing metaphor down: elaborating deliberate metaphor theory: Social Semiotics: Vol 0, No 0 – Get Access