Metaphor Analysis: Research Practice in Applied Linguistics, Social Sciences and the Humanities

by Lynne Cameron

Book Overview

Metaphor is recognised as an important way of thinking - constructing analogies and making connections between ideas - and an important way of using language - to explain abstract ideas or to find indirect but powerful ways of conveying feelings. By investigating people's use of metaphors, we can better understand their emotions, attitudes and conceptualisations, as individuals and as participants in social life. This book describes practice in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845534476
• ISBN13: 9781845534479
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"