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Direct linkCameron, Lynne; Deignan, Alice – Applied Linguistics, 2006
We show how emergence offers new explanations for the behaviour of metaphorically-used expressions. Analysis of metaphors in two types of natural language data are combined: detailed analysis of continuous discourse, which offers wealth of context and the possibility of monitoring emergent forms as the discourse unfolds, and computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Semantics, Pragmatics, Language Patterns
