Confronting Metaphor in Use

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An applied linguistic approach

Mara Sophia Zanotto Lynne Cameron Marilda C. Cavalcanti(Herausgeber*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 27. März 2008

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Confronting Metaphor in Use
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Confronting metaphor in use
An applied linguistic approach
Introduction
What is an applied linguistic approach to metaphor
Researching metaphor in an applied linguistic approach
Investigating the nature of metaphor in use stability and variation
Examining metaphor in corpora
Understanding metaphor in language education
Using metaphor as a tool in professional development
Opening dialogue
References
Part I. Investigating the nature of metaphor in use
Chapter 1. Opening Pandora's box
Multiple readings of 'a metaphor'
Metaphor indeterminacy
Methodology
Qualitative methodology and Group Think-Aloud technique
Instrumental and collective case study
The text
The focal metaphor
Data analysis
First phase GA and GB groups
Group GA
Extract
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Group GB
Extract
Transition to the second reading
Extract
Second reading a riddle to be solved
Extract
Extract
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Third reading - death
Extract
Discussion of the readings of the first phase
Second phase
Group
Extract
Group G
Extract
Extract
Discussion of the readings of the second phase
General discussion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 2. Metaphor shifting in the dynamics of talk
Background
Discourse contexts
Vehicle re-deployment shifting in topics
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Extract 2
Extract 3
Extract 4
Extract 5
Extract 6
Extract 7
Extract 8
Vehicle development
Extract 9: Volcanoes
Extract 10
Extract 11
Extract 12
Shifting into the real world: Vehicle literalization
Extract 13
Discussion and conclusions
References
Chapter 3. Adding sound to the picture
Motivating the lexical composition of metaphorical idioms in English, Dutch and Spanish
Part of the picture
Adding the sound
Anchor 3
Conclusions
Perspectives for further research
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix some more examples of the investigated kinds of phonological motivation
Prototypical alliteration repetition of word-initial consonants
Non-prototypical alliteration
Prototypical assonance rhyme
Non-prototypical assonance
Chapter 4. Metaphor and positioning in academicbook reviews
Why study book reviews
The present study
Method
Results
Baseline data
Recurrent metaphors
Self-positioning in other contexts
A member of the relevant research community
Having expertise
Positioning the reader and third parties
Conclusion
References
Appendix The corpus of academic book reviews
Social Science SSCI
Science SCI
SCI journal but social science book and social science reviewer
Part II. Examining metaphor in corpora
Chapter 5. Brothers in arms
Contradictory metaphors in contemporary marketing discourse
Theory
Data and method
Empirical findings
Metaphors in secondary marketing discourse
Metaphors in primary marketing discourse
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6. Metaphor probabilities in corpora*
Probabilities in linguistic theory
Probabilities in metaphor studies
Data and method
Probabilities of metaphor Vehicles
Word form probabilities
Word class probabilities
Summary and discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7. Corpus linguistic data and conceptualmetaphor theory
Cognitive approaches and language
Problems with the cognitive approach to linguistic evidence
Using corpora to research metaphor
Corpus methodology
Linguistic evidence for argument is war
The scope of the linguistic metaphors
Extract of the concordance for strategy
Fixed expressions in realizations of argument is war
Extract of the concordance for fired
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8. Exploring metaphors in corpora
A study of 'war' in corpus generated data
Analysing metaphors the linguists intuition vs real language use
Towards an empirical analysis of the metaphoricity of war using a collocational database
Concluding remarks
References
Part III. Understanding metaphor in language education
Chapter 9. Young learners' understanding of figurative language*
Lexico-grammatical features of give me a hand the hands of a watch and hand it to me
Method
Stimuli and design
Procedure
Results
Case Give me a hand
Case The hands of a watch
Case Hand it to me
Discussion
Conclusions
References
Appendix
Case The hands of a watch
Case Hand it to me
Chapter 10. The relationship between associative thinking, analogical reasoning, image formation and metaphoric extension strategies
Figurative extensions of word meaning
How might metaphoric extension processes be exploited for language learning purposes
Processes involved in metaphor interpretation
Associative fluency
Analogical reasoning
Image formation
Factors likely to affect a students ability to use metaphoric extension strategies
The presence of contextual clues
Cognitive style
The study
The participants
Method
Scoring the items
Example
Example
Example
Example
Example
Results
Are concrete imageable items more likely to provoke and be successfully interpreted through metaphoric extension strategies
Does the presence of contextual clues affect a students inclination and ability to use context-based strategies as opposed to metaphoric extension strategies
Does a persons cognitive style affect their inclination and ability to use metaphoric extension strategies
Discussion
References
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Part IV. Using metaphor as a tool in professional development
Chapter 11. The awakening of Sleeping Beauty
A teacher's metaphor of professional development and of language teaching1
Identifying metaphors
Hiking along the path Towards Language and Professional development
Final remarks
References
Chapter 12. En route through metaphors
Chatrooms as safe places to deal with difficulties1in an online course
Theoretical framework
Context and methodology
The course participants
The students profiles
The teacher educators
The technical assistants
The study
The online module a view of the students difficulties
En route through the Chatroom Conversations
Identifying voices which announce the construction of metaphors
Chatroom Conversation CC-
Blind person in the middle of a battle
From a journey in an unknown road to the boat journey
Mapping the boat journey metaphor
The diploma course is a journey
Entailments of the journey metaphor
Chatroom Conversation CC-
The boat and the cocoon
Chatroom Conversation CC-
Final Remarks
Transcription Conventions
References
Chapter 13. School teachers in favela contexts
Metaphors and metonymies they live by1
Theoretical background
Method and the context of the study
Teachers metaphors and metonymies
Community metaphors and metonymies
School metaphors and metonymies
Concluding remarks
References
Appendix Questionnaire
The multipliers role
Describing your context
The community
School
School teachers in favela contexts
Chapter 14. Professional knowledge landscape
A metaphor to conceive of e-mail practices inbusiness settings
Seeking to approach the landscapes
Undertaking a reflective sightseeing through the landscapes
Stepping outside the landscapes the tacit and the unknown
A final glance at the landscapes
Index of subject
Index of name
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