Figurative Language, Genre and Register

by Alice Deignan

This book brings together methods from discourse analysis and corpus linguistics in a cutting-edge study of figurative language in spoken and written discourse. Figurative Language, Genre and Register brings together discourse analysis and corpus linguistics in a cutting-edge study of figurative language in spoken and written discourse. The authors explore a diverse range of communities from chronic pain sufferers to nursery staff to present a detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107402034
• ISBN13: 9781107402034
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"