Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction: Applied linguistic approaches to metaphor 1
5. Part I. Investigating the nature of metaphor in use
6. 1. Opening Pandora's Box: Multiple readings of a metaphor 11
7. 2. Metaphor shifting in the dynamics of talk 45
8. 3. Adding sound to the picture: Motivating the lexical composition of metaphorical idioms in English, Dutch, and Spanish 63
9. 4. Metaphor and positioning in academic book reviews 79
10. Part II. Examining metaphor in corpora
11. 5. Brothers in arms: Contradictory metaphors in contemporary marketing discourse 103
12. 6. Metaphor probabilities in corpora 127
13. 7. Corpus linguistic data and conceptual metaphor theory 149
14. 8. Exploring metaphors in corpora: A study of 'war' in corpus generated data 163
15. Part III. Understanding metaphor in language education
16. 9. Young learners' understanding of figurative language 183
17. 10. The relationship between associative thinking, analogical reasoning, image formation and metaphoric extension strategies 199
18. Part IV. Using metaphor as a tool in professional development
19. 11. The awakening of Sleeping Beauty: A teacher's metaphor of professional development and language teaching 225
20. 12. En route through metaphors: Chatrooms as safe places to deal with difficulties in an online course 243
21. 13. School teachers in favela contexts: Metaphors they live by 267
22. 14. Professional knowledge landscape: A metaphor to conceive of e-mail practices in business settings 287
23. Index of subjects 311
24. Index of names 313