Grammatical metaphor : views from systemic functional linguistics /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 453 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 236 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 236.
Subject:	Metaphor. Systemic grammar. Language acquisition. Language acquisition. Metaphor. Systemic grammar. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11122016

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Other authors / contributors:	Simon-Vandenbergen, A. M. Taverniers, Miriam. Ravelli, Louise.
ISBN:	9789027275318 9027275319 9781588113689 158811368X 1283312123 9781283312127 158811368X 902724748X 9789027247483 9786613312129 6613312126
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
Summary:	Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico-grammatical metaphor, and to foreground the potential of further study in the field. There is a need to highlight the SFL perspective on metaphor; other traditions focus on lexical aspects, and from cognitive perspectives, while SFL focuses on the grammatical dimension, and socio-functional aspects in the explanation o.
Other form:	Print version: Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie. Grammatical Metaphor : Views from systemic functional linguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©2003 9789027247483

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