Understanding metaphor raises key questions about the relationship between language and meaning, and between language and mind. This book explores how this understanding can impact upon the theory and practice of language teaching. After summarizing the cognitive basis of metaphor and other figures
Mind, Metaphor and Language Teaching
โ Scribed by Randal Holme (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 257
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Study of Metaphor....Pages 1-27
Using Figurative Language....Pages 28-58
Teaching the Language and Structure of Metaphor....Pages 59-97
Allegory and Analogy: Teaching with Extended Metaphors....Pages 98-119
Teaching Lexis through Metaphor....Pages 120-149
Metaphor and the Teaching of Grammar....Pages 150-179
The Metaphor of Learning....Pages 180-220
Conclusions....Pages 221-228
Back Matter....Pages 229-242
โฆ Subjects
Applied Linguistics; Language Teaching; Language Education; Teaching and Teacher Education
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