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© 2004

Mind, Metaphor and Language Teaching

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Study of Metaphor
    Randal Holme
    Pages 1-27
  3. Using Figurative Language
    Randal Holme
    Pages 28-58
  4. Teaching the Language and Structure of Metaphor
    Randal Holme
    Pages 59-97
  5. Allegory and Analogy: Teaching with Extended Metaphors
    Randal Holme
    Pages 98-119
  6. Teaching Lexis through Metaphor
    Randal Holme
    Pages 120-149
  7. Metaphor and the Teaching of Grammar
    Randal Holme
    Pages 150-179
  8. The Metaphor of Learning
    Randal Holme
    Pages 180-220
  9. Conclusions
    Randal Holme
    Pages 221-228
  10. Back Matter
    Pages 229-242
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About this book

Introduction

Understanding metaphor raises key questions about the relationship between language and meaning, and between language and mind. This book explores how this understanding can impact upon the theory and practice of language teaching. After summarising the cognitive basis of metaphor and other figures of speech, it looks at how this knowledge can inform classroom practice. Finally, it sets out how we can use these insights to re-appraise language learning theory in a way that treats it as consonant with the cognitive nature of language.

Keywords

classroom practice discourse grammar language acquisition Language Learning language teaching modeling SLA

About the authors

RANDAL HOLME is Director of the Language Centre at the School of Language and Linguistics, University of Durham, UK.

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