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Publication details [#50161]

Darian, Steven. 2000. The role of figurative language in introductory science texts. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 10 (2) : 163–186.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

analogy | figurative speech | metaphor | scientific report

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

This paper explores the use and role of figurative language in two introductory-level science texts. Figures like personification and animation appear to play an important role in material presentation.