The Role of Deliberate Metaphor in Communicating Knowledge in Academic Discourse by Anke Beger
Product Specifications
- Title: The Role of Deliberate Metaphor in Communicating Knowledge in Academic Discourse by Anke Beger
- Author: Anke Beger
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Binding: Hardback
- No. of pages: 454
- Dimensions (approx. mm): 210 x 148
Product Description
This book features comprehensive qualitative metaphor analyses in US-American college lectures. The author shows that deliberate metaphors fulfill important communicative functions. However the critical discussion of their identification and application demonstrates problems with ‘deliberateness’.