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Zusatztext 'Lynne Cameron has started to fill a gap in research on educational discourse with this timely book. Metaphor in Educational Discourse provides an interesting attempt at linking applied linguistics with complex systems theory and sociocultural theory...cleverly constructed to guide the reader through a presentation of sociocultural theory that argues for an understanding of discourse being able to change the way we think...thought provoking and very detailed.' Informationen zum Autor University of Leeds Klappentext This book reports research into metaphor in use with school students. It is one of the first studies of metaphor to investigate the phenomenon in contextualised discourse, to adopt a socio-cultural approach to metaphor and to introduce the relatively new science of complex dynamic systems which offers new and potentially fruitful analogies for the analysis of educational discourse. Zusammenfassung Metaphor is recognized as widespread and intrinsic to language use. This work examines the use and understanding of metaphor in everyday classroom discourse and in informational texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction to constructs: metaphor in discourse -review of current research and theory in metaphor; talking! thinking and learning - theoretical background. Part 2 Metaphor in the dynamics of classroom discourse: researching metaphor in classroom discourse; qualitative analysis of metaphor in classroom discourse; metaphor in the dynamics of discourse action; systemic metaphors. Part 3 Metaphor interpretation and learning: researching metaphor interpretation; metaphors in text 1 - the ozone layer; metaphors in text 2 - the heart; interpreting metaphors through a second language; supporting the understanding of metaphor in discourse. Part 4 The emergence of metaphor in discourse: playing with metaphor; the emergence of new metaphor in talk. Part 5 Implications: an applied linguistic perspective on metaphor - review of implications. ...
