Grammatical Metaphor: Views from systemic functional linguistics: 236 (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 902724748X ISBN 13: 9789027247483

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2003

Synopsis

Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico-grammatical metaphor, and to foreground the potential of further study in the field. There is a need to highlight the SFL perspective on metaphor; other traditions focus on lexical aspects, and from cognitive perspectives, while SFL focuses on the grammatical dimension, and socio-functional aspects in the explanation of this phenomenon.

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Synopsis

This volume looking at grammatical metaphor covers such topics as: integrating theory and practice in an understanding of grammatical metaphor, nominalization as grammatical metaphor and ambiguity in grammatical metaphor.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 902724748X
• ISBN 13: 9789027247483
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 460
• Editor: Simon-Vandenbergen Anne-Marie, Taverniers Miriam, Ravelli Louise J.