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While the relatively recent notion of 'deliberate' metaphors -
metaphors that supposedly play a special role in communication - is
contested among researchers, the debate lacks empirical grounding.
This book presents the first large-scale study of forms and
functions of deliberate metaphors in authentic spoken academic
discourse. The author's comprehensive qualitative analyses of 23
US-American college lectures from four different disciplines
demonstrate that deliberate metaphors occur in various forms and
fulfill important communicative functions. While these findings may
indicate the value of deliberate metaphors, the author's critical
discussions of both identification and application of deliberate
metaphors in authentic discourse also point out issues with the
very concept of 'deliberate' metaphor.
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