The Construction of Metaphoric Text and Talk: A Discourse Analytic Approach - Couverture rigide

Liao, Meizhen

 
9781793607270: The Construction of Metaphoric Text and Talk: A Discourse Analytic Approach
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1793607273 ISBN 13 : 9781793607270
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2024

Synopsis

The Construction of Metaphoric Text and Talk: A Discourse Analytic Approach argues that in view of their omnipresence in human thinking and action, metaphors play a very important role in discourse construction and organization and this role can be textural and textual. In order to explore the textual role of metaphors, Meizhen Liao proposes that metaphors in discourse be treated as a complex adaptive system (CAS), which is further composed of two sub-systems, a micro one consisted of the tenor and the vehicle and a macro one made up of different metaphors. The dynamic interaction within the micro system between the tenor and the vehicle in terms of mapping, as well as among the macro system of all the metaphors in the text or talk via competition, cooperation, or complementation contributes to the construction and organization of discourse as an adaptive process in pursuit for the goal or goals of the discourse. In the process of the interaction, emergent textual patterns develop and an adequate analysis of the patterns at both micro and macro as well as deep and surface levels of discourse will shed light on the true nature and pattern of human thinking and action. The author concludes that as metaphor has become entrenched in our conceptual system the study of metaphor as a complex adaptive system in discourse be conducted in its own right.

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À propos de l?auteur

Meizhen Liao is special professor at Huanggang Normal University, distinguished professor & professor of emeritus at Central China Normal University, and visiting professor at Macao University of Science and Technology and University of Alicante, Spain.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1793607273
ISBN 13 
9781793607270
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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