The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language

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By Elena Semino

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ebook

ISBN

9780367581428

Series

Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics

Author

Elena Semino

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Release

03 November 2016

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Grammar & Language Usage Language Arts Nonfiction

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The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad view of the field of metaphor and language, and brings together diverse and distinct theoretical and applied perspectives to cover six key areas:

  • Theoretical approaches to metaphor and language, covering Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Relevance Theory, Blending Theory and Dynamical Systems Theory;
  • Methodological approaches to metaphor and language, discussing ways of identifying metaphors in verbal texts, images and gestures, as well as the use of corpus linguistics;
  • Formal variation in patterns of metaphor use across text types, historical periods and languages;
  • Functional variation of metaphor, in contexts including educational, commercial, scientific and political discourse, as well as online trolling;
  • The applications of metaphor for problem solving, in business, education, healthcare and conflict situations;
  • Language, metaphor, and cognitive development, examining the processing and comprehension of metaphors.

    • The Routledge Handbook of Language and Metaphor is a must-have survey of this key field, and is essential reading for those interested in language and metaphor.

    Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9780367581428

    Series

    Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics

    Author

    Elena Semino

    Publisher

    Taylor & Francis

    Release

    03 November 2016

    Share

    Subjects

    Grammar & Language Usage Language Arts Nonfiction
    The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language