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BL
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1017948
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b772318
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| Title & Author
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Metaphors for learning : : cross-cultural perspectives /\ edited by Erich A. Berendt.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;Philadelphia :: John Benjamins Pub.,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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Human cognitive processing,; v. 22
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1 online resource (ix, 249 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1282152262
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: 6612152265
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: 9027291608
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: 9781282152267
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: 9786612152269
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: 9789027291608
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9027223769
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9789027223760
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Metaphors for Learning: Cross-cultural Perspectives; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Historical Transformations in Metaphoric Conceptualization; In the balance; The tradition and transformation of metaphor in Japanese; Socio-cultural Values and Metaphoric Conceptualization; Tao of learning; Intersections and diverging paths; Cultural messages of metaphors; The many facets of teaching and learning in Malay; The "native speaker" as a metaphorical construct; Metaphors and the Classroom.
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| Abstract
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In Contemporary Metaphor Theory (CMT) research has predominantly focused on the English language with few studies of others and even less systematic comparative work. This volume focuses on the discourse domain of LEARNING (formal, technical and informal aspects) and brings together a variety of language perspectives, some specifically comparative, on aspects of learning from historical transformations in metaphoric language use through contemporary social values and classroom discourse to planning for the future in educational policy to see how conceptual metaphoric patterns and conventional.
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Concepts.
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Language planning.
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Learning.
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Metaphor.
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Teaching.
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Concepts.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Grammar Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.
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Language planning.
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Learning.
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Metaphor.
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Teaching.
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| Dewey Classification
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415.01
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| LC Classification
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P301.5.M48M475 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Berendt, Erich Adalbert,1937-
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