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Title Confronting metaphor in use [electronic resource] : an applied linguistic approach / edited by Mara Sophia Zanotto, Lynne Cameron, Marilda C. Cavalcanti.

Imprint Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing, c2008.

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Description vi, 315 p. : ill.
Series Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., v. 173
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 173.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Opening Pandora's box / Mara Sophia Zanotto and Dieli Vesaro Palma -- Metaphor shifting in the dynamics of talk / Lynne Cameron -- Adding sound to the picture / Frank Boers and Helene Stengers -- Metaphor and positioning in academic book reviews / Graham Low -- Brothers in arms / Veronika Koller -- Metaphor probabilities in corpora / Tony Berber Sardinha -- Corpus linguistic data and conceptual metaphor theory / Alice Deignan -- Exploring metaphors in corpora / Solange Vereza -- Young learners' understanding of figurative language / Ana M. Piquer-Piriz -- The relationship between associative thinking, analogical reasoning, image formation and metaphoric extension strategies / Jeannette Littlemore -- The awakening of Sleeping Beauty / Joao A. Telles -- En route through metaphors / Marilda C. Cavalcanti and Ana Cecilia Bizon -- School teachers in favela contexts / Fernanda Coelho Liberali -- Professional knowledge landscape / Maximina F. Freire.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Metaphor.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Zanotto, Mara Sophia.
Cameron, Lynne.
Cavalcanti, Marilda do Couto.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789027254177 (hb : alk. paper)
9027254176 (hb : alk. paper)

 
    
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