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Published 2008.
In Contemporary Metaphor Theory (CMT) research has predominantly focused on the English language with few studies of others and even less systematic
comparative ...
Published 2008.
In Contemporary Metaphor Theory (CMT) research has predominantly focused on the English language with few studies of others and even less systematic
comparative work.
This volume focuses on the discourse domain of LEARNING (formal, technical and informal aspects) and brings together a variety of language perspectives,
some specifically comparative, on aspects of learning from historical transformations in metaphoric language use through contemporary social values and
classroom discourse to planning for the future in educational policy to see how conceptual metaphoric patterns and conventional metaphors with related
figurative language impact on social values and culturally conditioned perspectives in learning.
Most papers reflect Lakoffian conceptual metaphoric research including critical evaluation of analytical issues. Languages included are Arabic, Chinese,
English, Hungarian, Japanese, Malay, Polish, Russian and the South African language area. Most papers utilize extensive data including such genre as
technical writing, essays, conversational interaction, newspaper corpus and proverbs.
