What do learners need to know about the figurative extensions of target language words?  A contrastive corpus-based analysis of "thread", "hilar", "wing" and aletear"

Jeannette Littlemore; F MacArthur

What do learners need to know about the figurative extensions of target language words? A contrastive corpus-based analysis of "thread", "hilar", "wing" and aletear"

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-150
Number of pages	20
Journal	Metaphor and Discourse. A Special Edition of Culture, Language and Representation: Cultural Studies Journal of Universitat Jaume
Volume	1
Issue number	5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2007

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Littlemore, Jeannette ; MacArthur, F. / What do learners need to know about the figurative extensions of target language words? A contrastive corpus-based analysis of "thread", "hilar", "wing" and aletear". In: Metaphor and Discourse. A Special Edition of Culture, Language and Representation: Cultural Studies Journal of Universitat Jaume. 2007 ; Vol. 1, No. 5. pp. 131-150.

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In: Metaphor and Discourse. A Special Edition of Culture, Language and Representation: Cultural Studies Journal of Universitat Jaume, Vol. 1, No. 5, 01.01.2007, p. 131-150.

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