Figurative Language, Genre and Register
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Festland Spanien
- Verlag CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9781107402034
- ISBN10 1107402034
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 344
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2013
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Gebunden
Abschnitte
LehrerbücherFigurative Language, Genre and Register
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
This volume combines diverse research scenarios to present a solid framework for analysis of figurative language. Figurative Language, Genre and Register brings together discourse analysis and corpus linguistics in a cutting-edge study of figurative language in spoken and written discourse. The authors explore a diverse range of communities from chronic pain sufferers to nursery staff to present a detailed framework for the analysis of figurative language. The reader is shown how figurative language is used between members of these communities to construct their own 'world view', and how this can change with a shift in perspective. Figurative language is shown to be pervasive and inescapable, but it is also suggested that it varies significantly across genres.