Lexical metaphor as affiliative bond in newspaper editorials: a systemic functional linguistics perspective
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Lexical metaphor as affiliative bond in newspaper editorials: a systemic functional linguistics perspective
From the perspective of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), lexical metaphors are recognized as a resource for enacting interpersonal meaning in discourse. Within the APPRAISAL framework, they constitute a means for ‘provoking’ an attitudinal interpretation. While the interpersonal function of lexical metaphors is well recognized in SFL, there have been relatively few studies that focus spec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Functional Linguistics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2196-419X
DOI: 10.1186/s40554-018-0054-z