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UNINA9910820492003321 |
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Autore |
Caballero Rosario <1963-> |
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Re-viewing space : figurative language in architects' assessment of built space / / by Rosario Caballero |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Collana |
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Applications of cognitive linguistics ; ; 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Architecture - Language |
Description (Rhetoric) |
Metaphor |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-257) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1 What this book says about metaphor, architects, and the assessment of building design -- Chapter 2 Architectus Verborum. An introduction to architectural discourse -- Chapter 3 The cognitive and rhetorical dimensions of metaphor -- Chapter 4 Exploring metaphor in the building review genre -- Chapter 5 Metaphorical language and its underlying schemas in architectural assessment -- Chapter 6 The linguistic realization of metaphor in architectural discourse -- Chapter 7 The contribution of figurative language to re-viewing space -- Chapter 8 Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Subject index -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book 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 the work offers a view of figurative language that considers its use in the discussion of architectural topics in a real communicative situation involving specific participants, clear rhetorical goals and recognisable textual artefacts. The book thus combines a genre approach to texts with a cognitive view of metaphor. It further aims to restore as the centre of attention the linguistic and textual aspects of metaphor as an instrument of both cognition and communication. The theoretical implications of the applied cognitive |
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