1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815242203321

Titolo

Grammatical metaphor : views from systemic functional linguistics / / edited by Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen, Miriam Taverniers, Louise Ravelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003

ISBN

1-283-31212-3

9786613312129

90-272-7531-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 236

Altri autori (Persone)

Simon-VandenbergenA. M

TaverniersMiriam

RavelliLouise

Disciplina

415/.01

Soggetti

Metaphor

Systemic grammar

Language acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Grammatical metaphor : clarification and application -- pt. 2. Development of metaphor in children -- pt. 3. Interpersonal metaphor : enactment and positioning -- pt. 4. 'Metaphor' in grammar and in other modes of meaning -- pt. 5. Metaphor in metalinguistic perspectives.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 1980's, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico-grammatical metaphor, and to foreground the potential of further study in the field. There is a need to highlight the SFL perspective on metaphor; other traditions focus on lexical aspects, and from cognitive perspectives, while SFL focuses on the grammatical dimension, and socio-functional aspects in the explanation...