When experts educate, what do their metaphors say? Complex metaphor structure in the professional conflict resolution literature

When experts educate, what do their metaphors say? Complex metaphor structure in the professional conflict resolution literature

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This metaphoric analysis of a quarter-million word corpus of an expert literature (conflict resolution and professional mediation) suggests certain implicit assumptions of the experts and gives us an alternate view of the structure of their thinking. Seven highly conventional metaphors are repeatedl...

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Main Author: Thomas H. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos 2009-04-01
Series:Ibérica
Subjects:
conceptual metaphor
expert literature
corpus analysis
conflict resolution and mediation
Online Access:http://www.aelfe.org/documents/11_17_Smith.pdf

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http://www.aelfe.org/documents/11_17_Smith.pdf

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