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A method for linguistic metaphor identification : from MIP to MIPVU /

This book presents a complete method for the identification of metaphor in language at the level of word use. It is based on extensive methodological and empirical corpus-linguistic research in two languages, English and Dutch. The method is formulated as an explicit manual of instructions covering...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Steen, Gerard
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Collection:Converging evidence in language and communication research ; v. 14.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Linguistic metaphor identification in usage
  • 2. MIPVU: a manual for identifying metaphor-related words
  • 3. Metaphor identification in news texts
  • 4. Metaphor identification in conversation
  • 5. Metaphor identification in fiction
  • 6. Metaphor identification in academic discourse
  • 7. Metaphor identification in Dutch news and conversations
  • 8. Reliability tests
  • 9. From method to research: cleaning up our act
  • 10. Metaphor in English discourse: a corpus-linguistic approach
  • 11. The quality of evidence: from MIP to MIPVU
  • Appendix
  • Overview of annotated files from BNC-baby
  • References
  • Index.