Foreword by Christopher N. Candlin and Srikant Sarangi vi 1 An applied linguistic approach to metaphor in discourse 1 2 Talking, thinking and learning: theoretical background 27 3 Researching metaphor in classroom discourse 51 4 The linguistic form of metaphor in classroom discourse 86 5 Deliberate aid conventionalized metaphor in classroom discourse 100 6 Metaphor in classroom activity 120 7 Researching metaphor interpretation 144 10 Systematicity, metaphor and metonymy 239 Appendix 1 Linguistic metaphors and grammatical analysis in the geology lesson 272 Appendix 2 Linguistic metaphors and teaching sequences in the geology lesson 275