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In:Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the world
Edited by Susan Nacey, Aletta G. Dorst, Tina Krennmayr and W. Gudrun Reijnierse
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 22] 2019
► pp. 137–158

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Chapter 7
Linguistic metaphor identification in Scandinavian

 | , , NorwayInland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
 | , , DenmarkAarhus University, Denmark
 | , , SwedenUmeå University, Sweden
Published online: 28 November 2019
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Article outline
  • 7.1Introduction
  • 7.2Lexico-grammatical features of Scandinavian
  • 7.3Procedural issues
    • 7.3.1Dictionaries
    • 7.3.2Lexical units
  • 7.4Scandinavian MIPVU in a nutshell
  • 7.5Application of Scandinavian MIPVU
  • 7.6Reliability results
    • 7.6.1Demarcation of lexical units
    • 7.6.2Identification of metaphor-related words
  • 7.7Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
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