Metaphors for learning : cross-cultural perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 22 Human cognitive processing ; v. 22. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221576 |
| Summary: | In Contemporary Metaphor Theory (CMT) research has predominantly focused on the English language with few studies of others and even less systematic comparative work. This volume focuses on the discourse domain of LEARNING (formal, technical and informal aspects) and brings together a variety of language perspectives, some specifically comparative, on aspects of learning from historical transformations in metaphoric language use through contemporary social values and classroom discourse to planning for the future in educational policy to see how conceptual metaphoric patterns and conventional metaphors with related figurative language impact on social values and culturally conditioned perspectives in learning. Most papers reflect Lakoffian conceptual metaphoric research including critical evaluation of analytical issues. Languages included are Arabic, Chinese, English, Hungarian, Japanese, Malay, Polish, Russian and the South African language area. Most papers utilize extensive data including such genre as technical writing, essays, conversational interaction, newspaper corpus and proverbs. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027291608 9027291608 1282152262 9781282152267 9789027223760 9027223769 9786612152269 6612152265 |
| ISSN: | 1387-6724 ; |