Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life: A Corpus-based Study - Couverture rigide

Semino, Elena; Demjén, Zsófia; Hardie, Andrew; Payne, Sheila; Rayson, Paul

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138642657 ISBN 13 : 9781138642652

Editeur : Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This book presents the methodology, findings and implications of a large-scale corpus-based study of the metaphors used to talk about cancer and the end of life in contemporary UK.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Elena Semino is Professor of Linguistics and Verbal Art in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, and Visiting Professor at the University of Fuzhou (China).

Zsófia Demjén is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics.

Andrew Hardie is a Reader in Linguistics at Lancaster University.

Sheila Payne is Emeritus Chair in Palliative Care at the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, and Visiting Professor at Ulster University and Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Paul Rayson is Director of the UCREL research centre and Reader in Natural Language Processing at Lancaster University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138642657
• ISBN 13: 9781138642652
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 308
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible