This book discusses metaphor at work in a variety of linguistic contexts, from election leaflets to specialist scientific articles.

Metaphor in Specialist Discourse presents multiple perspectives on metaphor use in specialist and popularized discourse contexts. Using genre and register as st

'Metaphor in Educational Discourse is a superb piece of applied linguistics research that integrates Vygotsky's theory of concepts with current work on metaphor

This edited volume examines how metaphors and related phenomena (metonymies, symbols, cultural models, stereotypes) lead to the discursive construal of a common

This volume takes up the challenge of surveying the present state of a variety of approaches to the identification, analysis and interpretation of metaphor acro