Researching and Applying Metaphor

Researching and Applying Metaphor by Lynne Cameron

Research into metaphor has become one of the fastest-growing and important areas of language research over the past twenty years, and metaphor is now recognized as central to language and language use. The implications of these findings are only just beginning to be felt in applied linguistics and this is designed to convey the excitement of metaphor study to a wider applied linguistic audience of researchers, trainers, programme developers and postgraduate students. The authors of the 12 papers are all internationally active researchers, contributing from their various backgrounds to this lively collection. Researching and Applying Metaphor presents a series of case studies plus an innovative initial section which discusses key aspects of researching metaphor in use. It demonstrates how metaphor can be, and needs to be, researched using multiple methods of investigation.

Lynne Cameron is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Centre for Language and Communication, The Open University. Robert Maslen is a Research Associate at the Centre for Language and Communication, the Open University. He gained his PhD in language acquisition from the Department of Psychology, University of Manchester (with funding from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig). His work in applied linguistics has included research on terrorism risk communications and the expression of empathy in discourse.

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ISBN 13	9780521649643
ISBN 10	0521649641
Title	Researching and Applying Metaphor
Author	Lynne Cameron
Series	Cambridge Applied Linguistics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1999-02-11
Number of pages	312
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