The Role of (Deliberate) Metaphor in Communicating Knowledge in Academic Discourse: An Analysis of College Lectures from Different Disciplines (DASK – ... Research in Language and Culture, Band 125) - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3631779984 ISBN 13: 9783631779989

Verlag: Peter Lang, 2019

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While the relatively recent notion of ‘deliberate’ metaphors – metaphors that supposedly play a special role in communication – is contested among researchers, the debate lacks empirical grounding. This book presents the first large-scale study of forms and functions of deliberate metaphors in authentic spoken academic discourse. The author’s comprehensive qualitative analyses of 23 US-American college lectures from four different disciplines demonstrate that deliberate metaphors occur in various forms and fulfill important communicative functions. While these findings may indicate the value of deliberate metaphors, the author’s critical discussions of both identification and application of deliberate metaphors in authentic discourse also point out issues with the very concept of ‘deliberate’ metaphor.

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Anke Beger studied English and German to become a school teacher at the Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF). Afterwards, she spent a year as an assistant teacher in the USA. In 2018, Anke Beger obtained her doctoral degree in English Linguistics at the EUF where she works as a researcher and lecturer.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3631779984
• ISBN 13: 9783631779989
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 454
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