Researching and Applying Metaphor

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139524704

Research into metaphor has become one of the fastest-growing and important areas of language research over the past twenty years, and metaphor is now recognized as central to language and language use. The implications of these findings are only just beginning to be felt in applied linguistics and this is designed to convey the excitement of metaphor study to a wider applied linguistic audience of researchers, trainers, programme developers and postgraduate students. The authors of the 12 papers are all internationally active researchers, contributing from their various backgrounds to this lively collection. Researching and Applying Metaphor presents a series of case studies plus an innovative initial section which discusses key aspects of researching metaphor in use. It demonstrates how metaphor can be, and needs to be, researched using multiple methods of investigation.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Conventions
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Series editors' preface
pp x-xi
- By Michael H. Long, Jack C. Richards
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Preface
pp xii-xvi
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I - KEY ISSUES IN METAPHOR RESEARCH
pp 1-2
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1 - Operationalising ‘metaphor’ for applied linguistic research
pp 3-28
- By Lynne Cameron, School of Education, University of Leeds, UK
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2 - Researching metaphor
pp 29-47
- By Raymond W. Gibbs Jr, Dept. of Psychology, University of California at Santa Cruz, United States
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3 - Validating metaphor research projects
pp 48-66
- By Graham Low, English as a Foreign Language Unit, University of York, UK
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II - FROM THEORY TO DATA
pp 67-68
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4 - Getting your sources right: What Aristotle didn't say
pp 69-80
- By James Edwin Mahon, Dept. of Philosophy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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5 - Metaphor and discourse: Towards a linguistic checklist for metaphor analysis
pp 81-104
- By Gerard Steen, Dept. of Discourse Studies, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands
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6 - Identifying and describing metaphor in spoken discourse data
pp 105-132
- By Lynne Cameron, School of Education, University of Leeds, UK
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III - ANALYSING METAPHOR IN NATURALLY OCCURRING DATA
pp 133-134
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7 - Who framed SLA research? Problem framing and metaphoric accounts of the SLA research process
pp 135-148
- By David Block, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
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8 - Bridges to learning: Metaphors of teaching, learning and language
pp 149-176
- By Martin Cortazzi, School of Education, University of Leicester, UK, Lixian Jin, Dept. of Human Communication, de Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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9 - Corpus-based research into metaphor
pp 177-200
- By Alice Deignan, School of Education, University of Leeds, UK
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IV - ANALYSING METAPHOR IN ELICITED DATA
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10 - “Captain of my own ship”: Metaphor and the discourse of chronic illness
pp 203-220
- By Richard Gwyn, Health Communication Research Centre, School of English, Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
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11 - “This paper thinks …”: Investigating the acceptability of the metaphor an essay is a person
pp 221-248
- By Graham Low, English as a Foreign Language Unit, University of York, UK
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12 - When is a dead rainbow not like a dead rainbow? A context-sensitive method for investigating differences between metaphor and simile
pp 249-268
- By Zazie Todd, Dept. of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK, David D. Clarke, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
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References
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Index
pp 289-295
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of contributors
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-viii

Conventions
pp ix-ix

Series editors' preface
pp x-xi

Preface
pp xii-xvi

I - KEY ISSUES IN METAPHOR RESEARCH
pp 1-2

1 - Operationalising ‘metaphor’ for applied linguistic research
pp 3-28

2 - Researching metaphor
pp 29-47

3 - Validating metaphor research projects
pp 48-66

II - FROM THEORY TO DATA
pp 67-68

4 - Getting your sources right: What Aristotle didn't say
pp 69-80

5 - Metaphor and discourse: Towards a linguistic checklist for metaphor analysis
pp 81-104

6 - Identifying and describing metaphor in spoken discourse data
pp 105-132

III - ANALYSING METAPHOR IN NATURALLY OCCURRING DATA
pp 133-134

7 - Who framed SLA research? Problem framing and metaphoric accounts of the SLA research process
pp 135-148

8 - Bridges to learning: Metaphors of teaching, learning and language
pp 149-176

9 - Corpus-based research into metaphor
pp 177-200

IV - ANALYSING METAPHOR IN ELICITED DATA
pp 201-202

10 - “Captain of my own ship”: Metaphor and the discourse of chronic illness
pp 203-220

11 - “This paper thinks …”: Investigating the acceptability of the metaphor an essay is a person
pp 221-248

12 - When is a dead rainbow not like a dead rainbow? A context-sensitive method for investigating differences between metaphor and simile
pp 249-268

References
pp 269-288

Index
pp 289-295

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