In:Metaphors for Learning: Cross-cultural Perspectives
Edited by Erich A. Berendt
[Human Cognitive Processing 22] 2008
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 13 March 2008
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.22.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.22.toc
Table of contents
List of contributors
Introduction
Part I. Historical transformations in metaphoric conceptualization11
In the balance: Weighing up conceptual culture
The tradition and transformation of metaphor in Japanese
Part II. Socio-cultural values and metaphoric conceptualization53
Tao of learning: Metaphors Japanese students live by
Intersections and diverging paths: Conceptual patterns on learning in English and Japanese
Cultural messages of metaphors
The many facets of teaching and learning in Malay
The "native speaker" as a metaphorical construct
Part III. Metaphors and the classroom157
Metaphor in the construction of a learning environment
Images of teachers, learning and questioning in Chinese cultures of learning
Part IV. Metaphors in language planning203
Metaphors of learning and knowledge in the Tunisian context: A case of re-categorization
Metaphors of transformation: The new language of education in South Africa
Index
