Metaphor in Use
Context, culture, and communication
Editors
Metaphor is a fascinating phenomenon, but it is also complex and multi-faceted, varying in how it is manifested in different modes of expression, languages, cultures, or time-scales. How then can we reliably identify metaphors in different contexts? How does the language or culture of speakers and hearers affect the way metaphors are produced or interpreted? Are the methods employed to explore metaphors in one context applicable in others? The sixteen chapters that make up this volume offer not only detailed studies of the situated use of metaphor in language, gesture, and visuals around the world – providing important insights into the different factors that produce variation – but also careful explication and discussion of the methodological issues that arise when researchers approach metaphor in diverse ‘real world’ contexts. The book constitutes an important contribution to applied metaphor studies, and will prove an invaluable resource for the novice and experienced metaphor researcher alike.
[Human Cognitive Processing, 38] 2012. x, 379 pp.
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© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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List of contributors | p. vii
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Acknowledgements | pp. ix–x
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Introduction: Metaphor in useFiona MacArthur and José Luis Oncins-Martínez | pp. 1–18
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Part 1. Contexts of research
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Chapter 1. An assessment of metaphor retrieval methodsTony Berber Sardinha | pp. 21–50
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Chapter 2. Metaphor in discourse: Beyond the boundaries of MIPAnna A. Kaal and Aletta G. Dorst | pp. 51–68
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Chapter 3. Metaphor identification in Dutch discourseTryntje Pasma | pp. 69–84
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Chapter 4. Locating metaphor candidates in specialized corpora using raw frequency and keyword listsGill Philip | pp. 85–106
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Part 2. Contexts of production
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Chapter 5. Metaphor variation across L1 and L2 speakers of English: Do differences at the level of linguistic metaphor matter?Marlene Johansson Falck | pp. 109–134
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Chapter 6. Metaphorical expressions in L2 production: The importance of the text topic in corpus researchAnne Golden | pp. 135–148
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Chapter 7. Researching linguistic metaphor in native, non-native and expert writingClaudia Marcela Chapetón-Castro and Isabel Verdaguer | pp. 149–174
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Part 3. Contexts of interpretation
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Chapter 8. Appreciation and interpretation of visual metaphors in advertising across three European countriesMargot van Mulken and Rob Le Pair | pp. 177–194
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Chapter 9. English native speakers’ interpretations of culture-bound Japanese figurative expressionsMasumi Azuma | pp. 195–216
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Chapter 10. The limits of comprehension in cross-cultural metaphor: Networking in drugs terminologyRichard Trim | pp. 217–236
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Part 4. Metaphor, topic, and discourse
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Chapter 11. Conceptual types of terminological metaphors in marine biology: An English-Spanish contrastive analysis from an experientialist perspectiveJosé Manuel Ureña Gómez-Moreno | pp. 239–260
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Chapter 12. Gestures, language, and what they reveal about thought: A music teacher’s use of metaphor in TaiwanYa-Chin Chuang | pp. 261–282
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Part 5. Metaphor and culture
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Chapter 13. Armed with patience, suffering an emotion: The conceptualization of life, morality, and emotion in TurkishYeşim Aksan and Mustafa Aksan | pp. 285–308
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Chapter 14. TrollsChristina Alm-Arvius | pp. 309–328
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Chapter 15. A computational exploration of creative similesTony Veale | pp. 329–344
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Part 6. Afterword and prospects for future research
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Chapter 16. Metaphors, snowflakes, and termite nests: How nature creates such beautiful thingsRaymond W. Gibbs | pp. 347–372
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Name index | pp. 373–374
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Terms index | pp. 375–380
“This collection of essays is a highly impressive and valuable addition to the body of research on conceptual metaphor. The editors have performed an outstanding job in bringing together scholars that have elaborately explored the interaction between conceptual metaphor, discourse, and culture.”
Farzad Sharifian, Monash University
“The chapters in the book bring out fascinating and demanding issues of methodology that are raised when working across cultures and contexts, and supply a range of responses that will be invaluable for metaphor researchers. [...] Any metaphor scholar will find something new, challenging, and interesting in this collection.”
Lynne Cameron, The Open University, UK
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General