Confronting metaphor in use [electronic resource] : an applied linguistic approach / edited by Mara Sophia Zanotto, Lynne Cameron, Marilda C. Cavalcanti.

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TextSeries: Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 173.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing, c2008.Description: vi, 315 p. : illSubject(s):

Metaphor

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Electronic books.

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418 22

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P301.5.M48 C655 2008eb

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Contents:

Opening Pandora's box / Mara Sophia Zanotto and Dieli Vesaro Palma -- Metaphor shifting in the dynamics of talk / Lynne Cameron -- Adding sound to the picture / Frank Boers and H�el�ene Stengers -- Metaphor and positioning in academic book reviews / Graham Low -- Brothers in arms / Veronika Koller -- Metaphor probabilities in corpora / Tony Berber Sardinha -- Corpus linguistic data and conceptual metaphor theory / Alice Deignan -- Exploring metaphors in corpora / Solange Vereza -- Young learners' understanding of figurative language / Ana M. Piquer-Piriz -- The relationship between associative thinking, analogical reasoning, image formation and metaphoric extension strategies / Jeannette Littlemore -- The awakening of Sleeping Beauty / Jo�ao A. Telles -- En route through metaphors / Marilda C. Cavalcanti and Ana Cec�ilia Bizon -- School teachers in favela contexts / Fernanda Coelho Liberali -- Professional knowledge landscape / Maximina F. Freire.

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