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This volume combines diverse research scenarios to present a solid framework for analysis of figurative language.

Table of Contents
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.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 3/7/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107402034, 978-1107402034
      ISBN10: 1107402034
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume combines diverse research scenarios to present a solid framework for analysis of figurative language.

      Table of Contents
      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.

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