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Metaphors in psychology genres

Counseling vs. academic lectures

Abstract

This chapter analyzes metaphor use in specialist discourse by comparing anger and love metaphor use in experts in the domain of psychology in two different genres, online counseling and academic lectures. The study is based on two small-scale corpora that comprise written and spoken language and were compiled for an exploratory investigation. The analysis of linguistic and conceptual metaphors in the discourse contexts in which the metaphors are used brings out interesting differences in the experts’ metaphor use for love and anger between the two genres. I argue that these differences are probably due to the distinctive groups of participants as well as the different discourse structures and goals in the psychology genres, online counseling and academic lecturing.

Abstract

This chapter analyzes metaphor use in specialist discourse by comparing anger and love metaphor use in experts in the domain of psychology in two different genres, online counseling and academic lectures. The study is based on two small-scale corpora that comprise written and spoken language and were compiled for an exploratory investigation. The analysis of linguistic and conceptual metaphors in the discourse contexts in which the metaphors are used brings out interesting differences in the experts’ metaphor use for love and anger between the two genres. I argue that these differences are probably due to the distinctive groups of participants as well as the different discourse structures and goals in the psychology genres, online counseling and academic lecturing.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Acknowledgements ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction
  6. Metaphor in specialist discourse 3
  7. Metaphor Variation in Specialist Discourse
  8. Register variation and metaphor use 17
  9. Metaphors in psychology genres 53
  10. Metaphor in Specific Contexts
  11. Payback and punishment 79
  12. They have to die for the goals 101
  13. The production line as a context for low metaphoricity 131
  14. Metaphor in Science Writing
  15. High on metaphor, low on simile? An examination of metaphor type in sub-registers of academic prose 163
  16. A mere metaphor? Framings of the concept of metaphor in biological specialist communication 191
  17. Dynamical systems metaphors 215
  18. Metaphor and Popularization
  19. Metaphor, news discourse and knowledge 245
  20. Metaphor as tools of enrolment in the policy process 271
  21. Conclusion
  22. Metaphor in specialist discourse 299
  23. Index 315
Metaphor in Specialist Discourse
This chapter is in the book Metaphor in Specialist Discourse
https://doi.org/10.1075/milcc.4.03beg

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Acknowledgements ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction
  6. Metaphor in specialist discourse 3
  7. Metaphor Variation in Specialist Discourse
  8. Register variation and metaphor use 17
  9. Metaphors in psychology genres 53
  10. Metaphor in Specific Contexts
  11. Payback and punishment 79
  12. They have to die for the goals 101
  13. The production line as a context for low metaphoricity 131
  14. Metaphor in Science Writing
  15. High on metaphor, low on simile? An examination of metaphor type in sub-registers of academic prose 163
  16. A mere metaphor? Framings of the concept of metaphor in biological specialist communication 191
  17. Dynamical systems metaphors 215
  18. Metaphor and Popularization
  19. Metaphor, news discourse and knowledge 245
  20. Metaphor as tools of enrolment in the policy process 271
  21. Conclusion
  22. Metaphor in specialist discourse 299
  23. Index 315
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