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9789027254177

Confronting Metaphor in Use : An Applied Linguistic Approach

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    9789027254177

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    9027254176

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-05-01
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Applied linguistic approaches to metaphorp. 9
Investigating the nature of metaphor in use
Opening Pandora's box: Multiple readings of 'a metaphor'p. 11
Metaphor shifting in the dynamics of talkp. 45
Adding sound to the picture: Motivating the lexical composition of metaphorical idioms in English, Dutch, and Spanishp. 63
Metaphor and positioning in academic book reviewsp. 79
Examining metaphor in corporap. 101
Brothers in arms: Contradictory metaphors in contemporary marketing discoursep. 103
Metaphor probabilities in corporap. 127
Corpus linguistic data and conceptual metaphor theoryp. 149
Exploring metaphors in corpora: A study of 'war' in corpus generated datap. 163
Understanding metaphor in language educationp. 181
Young learners' understanding of figurative languagep. 183
The relationship between associative thinking, analogical reasoning, image formation and metaphoric extension strategiesp. 199
Using metaphor as a tool in professional developmentp. 223
The awakening of Sleeping Beauty: A teacher's metaphor of professional development and language teachingp. 225
En route through metaphors: Chatrooms as safe places to deal with difficulties in an online coursep. 243
School teachers in favela contexts: Metaphors they live byp. 267
Professional knowledge landscape: A metaphor to conceive of e-mail practices in business settingsp. 287
Index of subjectsp. 311
Index of namesp. 313
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