Metaphor in Use: Context, culture, and communicationFiona MacArthur, José Luis Oncins-Martínez, Manuel Sánchez-García, Ana María Piquer-Píriz 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. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Metaphor in discourse | 51 |
Chapter 3 Metaphor identification in Dutch discourse | 69 |
Chapter 4 Locating metaphor candidates in specialized corpora using raw frequency and keyword lists | 85 |
Part 2 Contexts of production | 107 |
Chapter 5 Metaphor variation across L1 and L2 speakers of English | 109 |
Chapter 10 The limits of comprehension in crosscultural metaphor | 217 |
Part 4 Metaphor topic and discourse | 237 |
Chapter 11 Conceptual types of terminological metaphors in marine biology | 239 |
Chapter 12 Gestures language and what they reveal about thought | 261 |
Part 5 Metaphor and culture | 283 |
Chapter 13 Armed with patience suffering an emotion | 285 |
Chapter 14 Trolls | 309 |
Chapter 15 A computational exploration of creative similes | 329 |
Chapter 6 Metaphorical expressions in L2 production | 135 |
Chapter 7 Researching linguistic metaphor in native nonnative and expert writing | 149 |
Part 3 Contexts of interpretation | 175 |
Chapter 8 Appreciation and interpretation of visual metaphors in advertising across three European countries | 177 |
Chapter 9 English native speakers interpretations of culturebound Japanese figurative expressions | 195 |
Part 6 Afterword and prospects for future research | 345 |
Chapter 16 Metaphors snowflakes and termite nests | 347 |
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