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Creative Metaphor, Evaluation, and Emotion in Conversations about Work

Creative Metaphor, Evaluation, and Emotion in Conversations about Work

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This book explores the roles played by creative and conventional metaphor in expressing positive and negative evaluation within a particular workplace, drawing on interviews with 31 current and former employees of the British Civil Service.

Metaphor is often used to express evaluation but relatively few studies have investigated the ways in which metaphor is used to evaluate personal emotionally charged experiences. The volume explores how metaphor serves a predominantly evaluative function, with creatively used metaphors often more likely than conventional metaphors to perform an evaluative function, particularly when the evaluation is negative or ambiguous. The findings provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between evaluation, creativity, and metaphor. Examples, including military metaphors and family metaphors, show how creativity often comes through subverting the norms of use of a particular metaphor category, or altering the valence from its conventional use. The study elucidates the myriad ways in which people push at the boundaries of linguistic creativity in their efforts to describe the qualitative nature of their experiences.

Demonstrating how metaphor can be a powerful tool for the nuanced expression of complex and ambiguous evaluation, this book will appeal to researchers interested in better understanding metaphor, creativity, evaluation, and workplace cultures.

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This book explores the roles played by creative and conventional metaphor in expressing positive and negative evaluation within a particular workplace, drawing on interviews with 31 current and former employees of the British Civil Service.

Metaphor is often used to express evaluation but relatively few studies have investigated the ways in which metaphor is used to evaluate personal emotionally charged experiences. The volume explores how metaphor serves a predominantly evaluative function, with creatively used metaphors often more likely than conventional metaphors to perform an evaluative function, particularly when the evaluation is negative or ambiguous. The findings provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between evaluation, creativity, and metaphor. Examples, including military metaphors and family metaphors, show how creativity often comes through subverting the norms of use of a particular metaphor category, or altering the valence from its conventional use. The study elucidates the myriad ways in which people push at the boundaries of linguistic creativity in their efforts to describe the qualitative nature of their experiences.

Demonstrating how metaphor can be a powerful tool for the nuanced expression of complex and ambiguous evaluation, this book will appeal to researchers interested in better understanding metaphor, creativity, evaluation, and workplace cultures.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 66
ISBN-13: 9781032202471
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1032202475
Udg. Dato: 19 dec 2024
Længde: 7mm
Bredde: 216mm
Højde: 138mm
Forlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato: 19 dec 2024
Forfatter(e) Jeannette Littlemore, Sarah Turner, Penelope Tuck


Kategori Kommunikationsstudier


ISBN-13 9781032202471


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 66


Udgave


Længde 7mm


Bredde 216mm


Højde 138mm


Udg. Dato 19 dec 2024


Oplagsdato 19 dec 2024


Forlag Taylor & Francis Ltd

Kategori sammenhænge