Exploring Grammatical Metaphor

This book explores the fascinating world of grammatical metaphor through the lens of systemic functional linguistics. It provides a valuable toolkit for understanding how grammatical metaphor can expand the potential for meaning and serve as a key resource for bridging linguistic and cultural gaps in different contexts.

Autorentext

Zhong Yang is a professor at Northeast Normal University, with research interests in systemic functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and language education. He has authored four books in collaboration: Text, Function and Cognition (2003), A Multi-Perspective Study of Language (2018), An Introduction to Linguistics (2022), and Pragmatics. Cognition. Communication (1998). Additionally, he has published over 100 articles on topics including language teaching, theoretical linguistics, and translation.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. A Review of Grammatical Metaphor Research 3. The Theoretical Foundation of Functional Linguistics in the Study of Grammatical Metaphor 4. Definition and Classification of Grammatical Metaphor 5. Grammatical Metaphor and Lexical Metaphor 6. The Motivations of Grammatical Metaphor 7. Grammatical Metaphors in Political Discourse 8. A Contrastive Analysis of Grammatical Metaphor in English and Chinese 9. Grammatical Metaphor in English-Chinese Translation 10. Summary and Outlook