Lynne Cameron

Lynne Cameron

List of John Benjamins publications for which Lynne Cameron plays a role.

Journal

Titles

Researching and Applying Metaphor in the Real World

Edited by Graham Low, Zazie Todd, Alice Deignan and Lynne Cameron

[Human Cognitive Processing, 26] 2010. xii, 385 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Language acquisition | Semantics

Confronting Metaphor in Use: An applied linguistic approach

Edited by Mara Sophia Zanotto, Lynne Cameron and Marilda C. Cavalcanti

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 173] 2008. vii, 315 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Cognition and language | Pragmatics

Articles

Cameron, Lynne. 2016. Chapter 2. Mixed metaphors from a discourse dynamics perspective: A non-issue?. Mixing Metaphor, Gibbs, Jr., Raymond W. (ed.), pp. 17–30
The ‘mixed metaphor problem’ is considered from the discourse dynamics perspective, examining instances from metaphor clusters in dialogue and interaction. Several types of multiple juxtaposed verbal metaphors are found but they rarely demonstrate the semantic dissonance or stylistic undesirability… read more | Article
Cameron, Lynne. 2015. Preface. Metaphor in Specialist Discourse, Herrmann, J. Berenike and Tony Berber Sardinha (eds.), pp. xi–xii
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Complex dynamic systems (CDS) theory offers a powerful metaphorical model of applied linguistic processes, allowing holistic descriptions of situated phenomena, and addressing the connectedness and change that often characterise issues in our field. A recent study of Kenyan conflict transformation… read more | Article
Pelosi, Ana Cristina, Heloísa Pedroso de Moraes Feltes and Lynne Cameron. 2014. Urban violence in Brazil and the role of the media: Communicative effects of systematic metaphors in discourse. Metaphor and the Social World 4:1, pp. 27–47
This paper reports on analyses of data gathered from discourse interactions of two focus groups of Brazilian university students (n = 11) as they talk about urban violence in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. The analytical procedure follows Cameron et al.’s (2009) metaphor-led discourse analysis which… read more | Article
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Cameron, Lynne. 2010. 17. Metaphor in physical-and-speech action expressions. Researching and Applying Metaphor in the Real World, Low, Graham, Zazie Todd, Alice Deignan and Lynne Cameron (eds.), pp. 333–356
In this chapter, I discuss a phenomenon observed on the shifting borders of metaphor that I have called ‘physical-and-speech action’ expressions. These expressions combine a physical action verb with a prepositional particle and a speech action verb: stand up and declare, turn round and say, sit… read more | Article
Low, Graham, Zazie Todd, Alice Deignan and Lynne Cameron. 2010. Editors’ introduction. Researching and Applying Metaphor in the Real World, Low, Graham, Zazie Todd, Alice Deignan and Lynne Cameron (eds.), pp. vii–xii
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Cameron, Lynne. 2008. 2. Metaphor shifting in the dynamics of talk. Confronting Metaphor in Use: An applied linguistic approach, Zanotto, Mara Sophia, Lynne Cameron and Marilda C. Cavalcanti (eds.), pp. 45–62
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Zanotto, Mara Sophia, Lynne Cameron and Marilda C. Cavalcanti. 2008. Introduction: Applied linguistic approaches to metaphor. Confronting Metaphor in Use: An applied linguistic approach, Zanotto, Mara Sophia, Lynne Cameron and Marilda C. Cavalcanti (eds.), pp. 1–8
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Theoretical and methodological challenges presented by studying metaphor in its discourse environment are addressed. Complex dynamic systems theory provides a theoretical ‘discourse dynamics’ framework for describing metaphor in face-to-face conversation, and more generally, as a phenomenon that is… read more | Article