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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962261403321

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

9786613312129

9781283312127

1283312123

9789027275318

9027275319

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...



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967869003321

Autore

Poljsak Borut

Titolo

Decreasing oxidative stress and retarding the aging process / / Borut Poljsak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2010

ISBN

1-61324-943-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Aging issues, health and financial alternatives

Disciplina

616.3/9

Soggetti

Oxidative stress

Aging - Physiological aspects

Antioxidants - Physiological effect

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

Introduction to the aging process -- Description of the problem -- Metabolic rate and life span -- The evolutionary reasons for not perfecting the prevention of free radical formation -- Methods to decrease oxidative stress and retard the aging process -- How do methods claiming to decrease oxidative stress compare with studies on long-lived populations? -- Methodology for detection of oxidative state in biological systems.

Sommario/riassunto

Ageing is an inevitable biological process that affects most living organisms. The link between metabolic rate and reactive oxygen species production is an important and long-standing question, and a source of much controversy. A by-product of cell respiration in mitochondria is the formation of reactive oxygen species due to electron leakage from the electron transport chain during oxidative phosphorylation. In simple terms, humans are ageing due to oxygen consumption. Damage induced by oxygen appears to be the major contributor to ageing and the degenerative diseases of ageing such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune system decline, and brain dysfunction. This book presents the reasons for oxidative stress formation and the answer to why during the course of evolution the process of free radical damage and defense did not become more perfect so as to produce less free radicals.