Metaphor and corpus linguistics /

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Author / Creator:Deignan, Alice.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 235 pages)
Language:English
Series:Converging evidence in language and communication research, 1566-7774 ; v. 6
Converging evidence in language and communication research ; v. 6.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171574
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ISBN:9789027294470
902729447X
1588116476
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
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Summary:Metaphor is a topical issue across a number of disciplines, wherever researchers are concerned with how speakers and writers package and process messages. This book is addressed at readers from diverse academic backgrounds who are interested in ways of researching metaphor from different perspectives, and especially through corpus linguistics. A number of approaches to and exploitations of metaphor, including conceptual metaphor theory and cognitive approaches more generally, text and spoken discourse analysis, and CDA, are discussed, explored and critiqued using corpus data. The book also inc.
Other form:Print version: Deignan, Alice. Metaphor and corpus linguistics. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2005 9027238928 9789027238924