Metaphor in Educational Discourse
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Metaphor in Educational Discourse

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Metaphor in Educational Discourse

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'Metaphor in Educational Discourse is a superb piece of applied linguistics research that integrates Vygotsky's theory of concepts with current work on metaphor into a coherent framework for investigating how teachers and learners negotiate figurative language in order to promote development in the classroom setting. In what is likely to become the standard for future studies in this area, Lynne Cameron meticulously demonstrates the central role of linguistic metaphors in classroom learning - designed to lead learners to a deeper understanding of complex mathematical and scientific concepts.'
James P. Lantolf, Professor of Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University. This book reports research into metaphor in use with school students. The setting for the research is a UK school and the participants are around ten years old, with their first language well established but still developing concepts and understandings. Close examination of a corpus of classroom spoken discourse reveals how metaphor is employed by their teachers, not just in explaining ideas, but, in managing and mediating the activity of the classroom and the learning of the students. Particular issues discussed include: the problems of identifying metaphors in spoken discourse, the conventionalism of metaphors in the discourse of socio-cultural groups, and how a socio-cultural approach can account for systematicity in metaphor use.

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Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2003
Print ISBN
9780826449405
eBook ISBN
9781441175649
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. 1 An applied linguistic approach to metaphor in discourse
  5. 2 Talking, thinking and learning: theoretical background
  6. 3 Researching metaphor in classroom discourse
  7. 4 The linguistic form of metaphor in classroom discourse
  8. 5 Deliberate and conventionalized metaphor in classroom discourse
  9. 6 Metaphor in classroom activity
  10. 7 Researching metaphor interpretation
  11. 8 Metaphors in text 1: 'The Ozone Layer'
  12. 9 Metaphors in text 2: 'The Heart'
  13. 10 Systematicity, metaphor and metonymy
  14. 11 Metaphor in educational discourse: review and discussion
  15. Appendix 1 Linguistic metaphors and grammatical analysis in the geology lesson
  16. Appendix 2 Linguistic metaphors and teaching sequences in the geology lesson
  17. References
  18. Index