Confronting metaphor in use  an applied linguistic approach /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Mara Sophia Zanotto, Lynne Cameron, Marilda C. Cavalcanti. 
 - Amsterdam ;  Philadelphia :  John Benjamins Publishing,  c2008. 
 - vi, 315 p. :  ill. 
 - Pragmatics & beyond,  new ser., v. 173  0922-842X ; .
 - Pragmatics & beyond ;  new ser., 173. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Opening Pandora's box / Mara Sophia Zanotto and Dieli Vesaro Palma -- Metaphor shifting in the dynamics of talk / Lynne Cameron -- Adding sound to the picture / Frank Boers and Helene Stengers -- Metaphor and positioning in academic book reviews / Graham Low -- Brothers in arms / Veronika Koller -- Metaphor probabilities in corpora / Tony Berber Sardinha -- Corpus linguistic data and conceptual metaphor theory / Alice Deignan -- Exploring metaphors in corpora / Solange Vereza -- Young learners' understanding of figurative language / Ana M. Piquer-Piriz -- The relationship between associative thinking, analogical reasoning, image formation and metaphoric extension strategies / Jeannette Littlemore -- The awakening of Sleeping Beauty / Joao A. Telles -- En route through metaphors / Marilda C. Cavalcanti and Ana Cecilia Bizon -- School teachers in favela contexts / Fernanda Coelho Liberali -- Professional knowledge landscape / Maximina F. Freire. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789027291424 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Metaphor.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P301.5.M48  / C655 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>418