Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface 1
4. Grammatical metaphor in SFL 5
5. Part I. Grammatical metaphor
6. Renewal of connection 37
7. Nominalization as grammatical metaphor 65
8. Ambiguity in grammatical metaphor 101
9. The evolution of grammatical metaphor in scientific writing 127
10. Part II. Development of metaphor in children
11. The use of a metaphorical mode of meaning in early language development 151
12. The emergence of grammatical metaphor 169
13. Grammatical metaphor in the transition to adolescence 185
14. Part III. Interpersonal metaphor
15. Lexical metaphor and interpersonal meaning 223
16. The elided participant 257
17. Imperative readings of grammatical metaphor 279
18. Part IV. ‘Metaphor’ in grammar and in other modes of meaning
19. Phonological metaphor 311
20. Intersemiosis in mathematics and science 337
21. Part V. Metaphor in metalinguistic perspectives
22. The conduit metaphor and the analysis of meaning 369
23. Grammatical metaphor as a cognitive construct 391
24. ‘Having things both ways’ 417
25. Subject Index 443