Table of contents

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