In the balance: Weighing up conceptual culture

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Historical transformations in metaphoric conceptualization
6. In the balance: Weighing up conceptual culture 13
7. The tradition and transformation of metaphor in Japanese 29
8. Part II. Socio-cultural values and metaphoric conceptualization
9. Tao of learning: Metaphors Japanese students live by 55
10. Intersections and diverging paths: Conceptual patterns on learning in English and Japanese 73
11. Cultural messages of metaphors 103
12. The many facets of teaching and learning in Malay 123
13. The "native speaker" as a metaphorical construct 139
14. Part III. Metaphors and the classroom
15. Metaphor in the construction of a learning environment 159
16. Images of teachers, learning and questioning in Chinese cultures of learning 177
17. Part IV. Metaphors in language planning
18. Metaphors of learning and knowledge in the Tunisian context: A case of re-categorization 205
19. Metaphors of transformation: The new language of education in South Africa 225
20. Index 245