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Figurative Language, Genre and Register

Figurative Language, Genre and Register - The Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book brings together methods from discourse analysis and corpus linguistics in a cutting-edge study of figurative language in spoken and written discourse. Figurative Language, Genre and Register brings together discourse analysis and corpus linguistics in a cutting-edge study of figurative language in spoken and written discourse. The authors explore a diverse range of communities from chronic pain sufferers to nursery staff to present a detailed framework for the analysis of figurative language. The reader is shown how figurative language is used between members of these communities to construct their own 'world view', and how this can change with a shift in perspective. Figurative language is shown to be pervasive and inescapable, but it is also suggested that it varies significantly across genres.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781107009431
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 808.032
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 341
Weight: 666g
Height: 233mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 24mm