The Language of Metaphors by Andrew Goatly
This textbook explores the language of metaphor. Combining insights from relevance theory and functional linguistics, Goatley provides a powerful model for understanding how metaphors work in real communication.
Andrew Goatly has considerable experience in teaching English language and literature in colleges and universities in the UK, Rwanda, Thailand, Austria, and Singapore. He is at present Professor in the English Department of Lingnan University in Hong Kong. He is the author of three other books, The Language of Metaphors (Routledge 1997, 2nd edition, 2010), Critical Reading and Writing (Routledge 2000) and Washing the Brain: Metaphor and Hidden Ideology (Benjamins 2007).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415128773 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415128773 |
| Title | The Language of Metaphors |
| Author | Andrew Goatly |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
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