Metaphor in specialist discourse / / edited by J. Berenike Herrmann, Göttingen University ; Tony Berber Sardinha, Sao Paulo Catholic University

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.032
• Soggetto topico: Metaphor; Discourse analysis
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HerrmannJ. Berenike; SardinhaTony Berber
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Metaphor in Specialist Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgment; Preface; Section I. Introduction; Metaphor in specialist discourse: Investigating metaphor use in specific and popularized discourse contexts; 1. Idea for the book; 2. Theoretical framework and methodologies; 3. Overview; Acknowledgments; References; Section II. Metaphor variation in specialist discourse; Register variation and metaphor use: A multi-dimensional perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. The multi-feature multi-dimensional approach; 3. Method; 3.1 Corpus ; 3.2 Metaphor identification3.3 Tagging; 3.4 Variables; 4. Results; 4.1 Question 1: Relationship between metaphor and previous dimensions of variation; 4.2 Question 2: Dimensions of variation; 4.3 Question 3: Significance of register distinctions; 4.4 Question 4: Cutting across register differences; 5. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix; Metaphors in psychology genres: Counseling vs. academic lectures; 1. Introduction; 2. The corpora; 2.1 The counseling corpus; 2.2 The academic lecture corpus; 3. Method; 3.1 The target domains; 3.2 Identification of linguistic metaphors ; 3.3 Grouping metaphorical expressions and formulating conceptual metaphors4. Results; 4.1 Love metaphors; 4.2 anger metaphors; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Section III. Metaphor in specific contexts; Payback and punishment: Figurative language in Scottish penal policy; 1. Introduction; 2. Context of the present analysis; 3. Method; 4. Findings from automatic frequency analysis; 4.1 Most frequent figuratively-used lexical words; 4.2 Payback; 5. Findings from manual analysis; 5.1 Deliver; 5.2 Manage, management; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References ; They have to die for the goals: War metaphors in English and German football radio commentary1. Football - A popularised specialist discourse domain; 2. Methodology; 2.1 Metaphor identification; 2.2 Quantitative analysis; 2.3 Qualitative analysis; 3. Corpus design; 3.1 Why radio commentaries?; 3.2 Compilation of the corpus; 4. Results; 4.1 Quantitative analysis; 4.2 Qualitative analysis; 5. Comparison; 6. Specialist terms, specialist metaphor; References ; The production line as a context for low metaphoricity: Exploring links between gestures, iconicity, and artefacts on a factory shop floor1. Introduction; 1.1 Gestures, metonymy, and metaphor; 1.2 The relationship between metaphor and metonymy; 2. The salmon factory; 3. Methods; 4. Types of gestures at the salmon factory; 4.1 Conversational gesturing; 4.2 Technical gesturing; 5. Discussion; 6. Gesture, metaphor, and language; Acknowledgements; References; Section IV. Metaphor in science writing ; High on metaphor, low on simile? An examination of metaphor type in sub-registers of academic prose
• Titolo autorizzato: Metaphor in specialist discourse
• ISBN: 90-272-6784-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460606303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Metaphor in language, cognition, and communication ; ; 4.