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Azabdaftari, B. (2015). Grammatical Metaphor: Exploring the Semogenic Power of the Language. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 3(2), 15-28.
Behrooz Azabdaftari. "Grammatical Metaphor: Exploring the Semogenic Power of the Language". Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 3, 2, 2015, 15-28.
Azabdaftari, B. (2015). 'Grammatical Metaphor: Exploring the Semogenic Power of the Language', Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 3(2), pp. 15-28.
Azabdaftari, B. Grammatical Metaphor: Exploring the Semogenic Power of the Language. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2015; 3(2): 15-28.

Grammatical Metaphor: Exploring the Semogenic Power of the Language

Article 3, Volume 3, Issue 2, Summer 2015, Page 15-28  XML PDF (592 K)
Document Type: Original Article
Author
Behrooz Azabdaftari
Islamic Azad University – Tabriz Branch, Iran
Receive Date: 14 September 2014,  Revise Date: 08 February 2015,  Accept Date: 05 March 2015 
Abstract
This paper seeks to elaborate on the notion of 'grammatical metaphor' intended by M. A. K. Halliday (1983) in his Functional Systemic Linguistics (FSL). 'Metaphor' in linguistic parlance is 'a process of mapping between two different conceptual domains - the source domain and the target domain'. Halliday draws on this definition of lexical metaphor and applies the concept to syntactical structures, a gimmick whereby a particular grammatical structure is converted into another structure while the original meaning is preserved. A good many examples are supplied to illustrate the points in case. Also, this paper deals with different kinds of metaphors. The key argument in this paper centers on the methodology of teaching writing to English majors in the author's English composition classes which we applied some years ago in the English program in the University of Tabriz. The claim we make is that the methodology of teaching writing which we used in our composition classes was indeed the practical realization of the tenets of grammatical metaphor intended by Halliday in his FSL.
Keywords
lexical metaphor; grammatical metaphor; functional systemic linguistics; conventional metaphor; conceptual metaphor; poetic metaphor; mixed metaphor
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