2018
DOI: 10.7203/qf.22.11310
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Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners’ metaphorical production and awareness

Abstract: Immigration metaphors in a corpusAbstract: Metaphor is central to human understanding and communication. It pervades our everyday language and also abounds in specialized discourse, with legal language not being an exception. This is particularly relevant since metaphors are powerful framing tools able to affect our worldview. With the aim of exploring the use that EAL law undergraduate students make of metaphorical expressions as well as their awareness of their connotations, a learner corpus was compiled and… Show more

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