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SUMMARY:Metaphor in language\, thought\, and communication - Gerard Steen 
 - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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CONTACT:Laura Rimell
DESCRIPTION:The aim of this paper is to give an introduction to the resear
 ch done on metaphor in language\, cognition\, and communication at VU Univ
 ersity Amsterdam. First I will briefly situate metaphor in the context of 
 cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis\, emphasizing our main concer
 n with usage (Steen 2007\, 2008). Then I will discuss three different meth
 ods of analysis that are needed for the analysis of metaphor in language\,
  thought\, and communication: in our research group we have developed two 
 of these to different degrees of perfection and reliability. The most impo
 rtant findings produced in the first field\, by means of corpus-linguistic
  research on samples of English (200K words) and Dutch (130K words) in fou
 r different registers\, will then be briefly described and placed in a bro
 ader context. Finally I will branch out into some of the possible connecti
 ons with the disciplines of psycholinguistics\, applied linguistics\, and 
 computational linguistics.\n\nReferences:\n\nSteen\, G. J. (2007). Finding
  metaphor in grammar and usage: A methodological analysis of theory and re
 search. Amsterdam\, John Benjamins.\n\nSteen\, G. J. (2008). "The paradox 
 of metaphor: Why we need a three-dimensional model of metaphor." Metaphor 
 and Symbol 23(4): 213-241.
LOCATION:SW01\, Computer Laboratory
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