Metaphors for the university: A database-oriented study - Softcover

Liu, Shaozhong; Liao, Fengrong; Liu, Zhipeng

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659849936 ISBN 13: 9783659849930

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

This study probes into metaphors that were coined for capturing the nature of the university. Based on MultiSearch and JournalFinder search results, it rallies metaphors that prevailed the educational academic discourse in the early 2000s. It reports that, among a list of metaphors signaling university’s environmental change following the inception of the New Millennium, some were especially prominent. It also indicates that such prevalent metaphors showcased diverse perceptions about the plural roles of the modern university. As such, it suggests that academia’s frequent employment of metaphors advocated a culture for campus-wide leadership in, and life of, constant negotiation of meanings and values of higher education in the new era. The study ends with a discussion on limitations in current studies and possible directions for further research.

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Shaozhong Liu est professeur d'anglais et de linguistique à l'université de technologie électronique de Guilin. Chercheur de renom, il est titulaire d'un doctorat de la GDUFS et d'un doctorat de l'UNCG. Parmi ses travaux récents, citons Metaphors we make sense by (2014), Evidencing sensemaking (2012), Negative pragmatic transfer (2010). Blog : cyrusliu.blog.163.com

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• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3659849936
• ISBN 13: 9783659849930
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 76
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