The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Metaphor provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language, and maps out future directions of research and practice in a variety of contexts in this field.

The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad view of the field of metaphor and language, and brings together diverse and distinct theoretical and applied perspectives to cover six key areas:

• Theoretical approaches to metaphor and language, covering Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Relevance Theory, Blending Theory and Dynamical Systems Theory;

• Methodological approaches to metaphor and language, discussing ways of identifying metaphors in verbal texts, images and gestures, as well as the use of corpus linguistics;

• Formal variation in patterns of metaphor use across text types, historical periods and languages;

• Functional variation of metaphor, in contexts including educational, commercial, scientific and political discourse, as well as online trolling;

• The applications of metaphor for problem solving, in business, education, healthcare and conflict situations;

• Language, metaphor, and cognitive development, examining the processing and comprehension of metaphors.

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Metaphor is a must-have survey of this key field, and is essential reading for those interested in language and metaphor.

"The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of interdisciplinary knowledge of metaphor. Bringing together work from a wide range of reputed scholars of metaphor it displays a well-conceived balance between theory, methodology and application. As well as offering practical insights into the methodology of metaphor researchers it is testimony to the continuing fascination that metaphor holds for those interested in exploring the complex relationship between language, cognition and the role of language in the construction of the social world."Jonathan Charteris-Black, University of the West of England, UK"For technical communicators who have an interest in language and how it works, this Handbook would be a valuable asset. ... Students, in technical communication classes and other language classes, as well as their faculty, will also find value in the Handbook." Tom Warren, Oklahoma State Universtiy, USA

Autorentext

Elena Semino is Professor of Linguistics and Verbal Art and Head of the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK. She also holds a Visiting Professorship at Fuzhou University in China.

Zsófia Demjén is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at UCL Institute of Education, University College, London.

Klappentext

The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad view of the field of metaphor and language, and brings together diverse and distinct theoretical and applied perspectives to cover six key areas: Theoretical approaches to metaphor and language, covering Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Relevance Theory, Blending Theory and Dynamical Systems Theory; Methodological approaches to metaphor and language, discussing ways of identifying metaphors in verbal texts, images and gestures, as well as the use of corpus linguistics; Formal variation in patterns of metaphor use across text types, historical periods and languages; Functional variation of metaphor, in contexts including educational, commercial, scientific and political discourse, as well as online trolling; The applications of metaphor for problem solving, in business, education, healthcare and conflict situations; Language, metaphor, and cognitive development, examining the processing and comprehension of metaphors. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Metaphor is a must-have survey of this key field, and is essential reading for those interested in language and metaphor.

Zusammenfassung
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Metaphor provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language, and maps out future directions of research and practice in a variety of contexts in this field.

Inhalt

Introduction: Metaphor and language

Section 1: Theoretical approaches to metaphor in language

1. Conceptual metaphor theory

2. Figurativeness, conceptual metaphor and blending

3. Relevance theory and metaphor

4. Metaphor, language, and dynamical systems

Section 2: Methodological approaches to metaphor in language

5. Identifying metaphors in language

6. Finding systematic metaphors

7. From linguistic to conceptual metaphors

8. Corpus-linguistic approaches to metaphor analysis

9. Analysing metaphor in gesture: A set of metaphor identification guidelines for gesture (MIG-G)

10. Analysing metaphors in multimodal texts

Section 3: Formal variation of metaphor in language

11. Metaphor and parts-of-speech

12. Textual patterning of metaphor

13. Genre and metaphor: use and variation across usage events

14. Creative metaphor in literature

15. Conventional and novel metaphors in language

16. Metaphor and diachronic variation

17. Metaphor in translation

18. Metaphor in Sign language

Section 4: Functional variation of metaphor in language

19. Metaphor use in educational contexts: functions and variations

20. Metaphor and the representation of scientific issues: climate change in print and online news

21. Metaphor and persuasion in politics

22. Metaphor and persuasion in commercial advertising

23. Metaphor and story-telling

24. Metaphor, impoliteness, and offence in online communication

Section 5: Applications/Interventions: using metaphor for problem solving

25. Using metaphor in healthcare: mental health

26. Using metaphor in healthcare: physical health

27. Using metaphor as a management tool

28. Using metaphor in the teaching of second/foreign languages

29. Using metaphor for peace-building, empathy, and reconciliation

30. Using metaphor to influence public perceptions and policy: Or, how metaphors can save the world

Section 6: Language, metaphor and cognitive development

31. Metaphor processing

32. Psycholinguistic approaches to metaphor acquisition and use

33. Metaphor acquisition and use in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders

34. Metaphor comprehension and production in a second language

35. Metaphors for language and communication