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The contested notion of ‘deliberate metaphor’: What can we learn from ‘unclear’ cases in academic lectures?
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Beger, Anke |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | This contribution applies Steen’s (e.g., 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017a,b) notion of ‘deliberate metaphor’ to authentic language data from US-American academic lectures. The analysis of excerpts from these data demonstrates several problems with the concept of deliberate metaphor and its proposed ‘identification procedure’ (Reijnierse 2017, Reijnierse et al. 2018). As the analysis shows, problems in distinguishing deliberate from non-deliberate metaphors are posed by metaphorical technical terms, the assumption of ‘idealized language users’ inherent in the identification procedure of deliberate metaphors, and the dynamics of discourse. Thus, while in its current state, deliberate metaphor can draw our attention to important uses of striking metaphors, it appears to be inadequate for the analysis of less striking cases of metaphor whose use in particular discourse contexts nevertheless suggests important communicative functions for part of the participants. |
| Related Links | http://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/gcla.2019.7.issue-1/gcla-2019-0004/gcla-2019-0004.xml |
| Ending Page | 66 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| Starting Page | 51 |
| ISSN | 21972788 |
| e-ISSN | 21972796 |
| DOI | 10.1515/gcla-2019-0004 |
| Journal | Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
| Publisher Date | 2019-11-12 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association Language Studies 'deliberate Metaphor' Metaphor in Academic Lectures Metaphorical Technical Terms Limitations of 'deliberate Metaphor' Communicative Functions of Metaphor Journal: Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Vol- 7 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
