Confronting metaphor in use : an applied linguistic approach / edited by Mara Sophia Zanotto, Lynne Cameron, Marilda C. Cavalcanti.

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出版: Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2008.
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丛编:Paragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 173
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书本目录:
  • Introduction. Applied linguistic approaches to metaphor / Mara Sophia Zanotto, Lynne Cameron and Marilda C. Cavalcanti
  • Pt. I. Investigating the nature of metaphor in use
  • 1. Opening Pandora's box: Multiple readings of 'a metaphor' / Mara Sophia Zanotto and Dieli Vesaro Palma
  • 2. Metaphor shifting in the dynamics of talk / Lynne Cameron
  • 3. Adding sound to the picture: Motivating the lexical composition of metaphorical idioms in English, Dutch, and Spanish / Frank Boers and Helene Stengers
  • 4. Metaphor and positioning in academic book reviews / Graham Low
  • Pt. II. Examining metaphor in corpora
  • 5. Brothers in arms: Contradictory metaphors in contemporary marketing discourse / Veronika Koller
  • 6. Metaphor probabilities in corpora / Tony Berber Sardinha
  • 7. Corpus linguistic data and conceptual metaphor theory / Alice Deignan
  • 8. Exploring metaphors in corpora: A study of 'war' in corpus generated data / Solange Vereza
  • Pt. III. Understanding metaphor in language education
  • 9. Young learners' understanding of figurative language / Ana M. Piquer-Piriz
  • 10. The relationship between associative thinking, analogical reasoning, image formation and metaphoric extension strategies / Jeannette Littlemore
  • Pt. IV. Using metaphor as a tool in professional development
  • 11. The awakening of Sleeping Beauty: A teacher's metaphor of professional development and language teaching / Joao A. Telles
  • 12. En route through metaphors: Chatrooms as safe places to deal with difficulties in an online course / Marilda C. Cavalcanti and Ana Cecilia Bizon
  • 13. School teachers in favela contexts: Metaphors they live by / Fernanda Coelho Liberali
  • 14. Professional knowledge landscape: A metaphor to conceive of e-mail practices in business settings / Maximina M. Freire.