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Mind, Metaphor and Language Teaching

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  • © 2004

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  1. Randal Holme
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Study of Metaphor

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    Pages 1-27

  3. Using Figurative Language

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    Pages 28-58

  4. Teaching the Language and Structure of Metaphor

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    Pages 59-97

  5. Allegory and Analogy: Teaching with Extended Metaphors

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    Pages 98-119

  6. Teaching Lexis through Metaphor

    • Randal Holme
    Pages 120-149

  7. Metaphor and the Teaching of Grammar

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    Pages 150-179

  8. The Metaphor of Learning

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    Pages 180-220

  9. Conclusions

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    Pages 221-228

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 229-242
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About this book

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.

About the author

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

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