Metaphor Analysis - Research Practice in Applied Linguistics, Social Sciences and the Humanities - Lynne Cameron
5: The discourse dynamics framework for metaphor
Metaphor Analysis - Research Practice in Applied Linguistics, Social Sciences and the Humanities - Lynne Cameron
Lynne Cameron [+]
The Open University
Lynne Cameron is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Centre for Language and Communication, The Open University.
Description
Cameron sets out her discourse dynamics theoretical framework for metaphor in interaction. Using another recent development - complex dynamic systems theory - the framework ties together metaphor in the moment of talk with the emergence of conventionalized metaphor across social groups.