Beschreibung:
This volume combines diverse research scenarios to present a solid framework for analysis of figurative language.
Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Transcription conventions; 1. Figurative language; 2. A framework for analysing variation in figurative language use; 3. Using genre and register to analyse figurative language; 4. Figurative language use in specialized and popular scientific written texts; 5. Figurative language in spoken academic discourse between expert and non-expert interlocutors; 6. Figurative language in a children's nursery; 7. Figurative language in supporting and reporting on children's football; 8. Figurative language in the 'simplification' of canonical literary works: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; 9. Figurative language, creativity, and multimodality in the communication of chronic pain in two different genres; 10. Conclusions; Index.