The Role of Deliberate Metaphor in Communicating Knowledge in Academic Discourse by Anke Beger

Peter Lang AG
The Role of Deliberate Metaphor in Communicating Knowledge in Academic Discourse by Anke Beger
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’.