Metaphor in learner and expert argumentative writing : A comparative corpus-dirven study

Metaphors, it is well acknowledged by now, are fundamental in thought and in language, since they reflect the way we understand and organize the world. Conceptual metaphors underlie linguistic metaphors, which are ubiquitous in language. However, speakers use them very often unconsciously and most m...

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Auteur principal: Chapetón Castro, Claudia Marcela
Collectivité auteur: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Bogotá : Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, 2017.
Collection:Tesis Doctorales
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Table des matières:
  • Chapter 1. Approaches to the study of metaphor.
  • Chapter 2. A corpus-driven approach to metaphor analysis.
  • Chapter 3. The presence and nature of linguistic metaphor.
  • Chapter 4. Word class and the grammatical form of metaphor.
  • Chapter 5. The presence and nature of animate metaphor.
  • Chapter 6. Personification in leaners and experts' corpora.
  • Chapter 7. The complex nature of animate metaphor.