Re-Viewing Space by Rosario Caballero

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Summary

Describes and explores the linguistic metaphors used by architects to assess design solutions in building reviews, and the conceptual mappings that motivate them. The genre perspective adopted throughout this work offers a view of figurative language that considers its use in the discussion of architectural topics in a communicative situation.

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Re-Viewing Space by Rosario Caballero

Combining theoretical and analytic tools from genre analysis and cognitive linguistics, this book describes and explores the metaphors used by architects to assess design solutions in building reviews. The adoption of a genre perspective allows the author to explore the role of metaphor in professional communication and to draw attention to the importance of image metaphor in a field where the visual is of paramount importance. Key features: Thisstudy offers important insights into the cognitive and communicative weight of visual metaphors. The analysis is based on rich empirical data from the architectural sphere.
"As a systematic and comprehensive book, it is a major contribution to theparadigms of the theory of Conceptual Metaphor within the parameters of aspecific genre"Eduardo Urios-Aparisi in: Linguist List 22.2466

Rosario Caballero, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

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ISBN 13 9783110185201
ISBN 10 3110185202
Title Re-Viewing Space
Author Rosario Caballero
Series Applications Of Cognitive Linguistics [Acl]
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Mouton de Gruyter
Year published 2006-01-26
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.