Perceived Attributions of Discourse Goals for Using Metaphors and Similes by Iranian EFL Undergraduates

The bulk of L2 research on figures of speech boils down to the comprehension domain. By contrast, little work has been conducted on the investigation of the discourse goals for the speaker or the writer's figurative production. This study, going beyond the customary metalinguistic approaches to...

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Main Authors: Mahmood Hashemian, Mehdi Iravani
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2011-03-01
Series:Linguistik Online
Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/linguistik-online/article/view/371