Transdisciplinary Approaches to Literature and Empathy
Edited by Paul Sopčák, Massimo Salgaro and J. Berenike Herrmann
Special issue of Scientific Study of Literature 6:1 (2016) v, 174 pp.
J. Berenike Herrmann
List of John Benjamins publications in which J. Berenike Herrmann is involved.
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Metaphor in Specialist Discourse
Edited by J. Berenike Herrmann and Tony Berber Sardinha
Metaphor in Specialist Discourse presents multiple perspectives on metaphor use in specialist and popularized discourse contexts. Using genre and register as starting parameters for deeper exploration, and pushing the boundaries further to open up new areas and possibilities, ten independent… read more[Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 4] 2015. xii, 319 pp.
A Method for Linguistic Metaphor Identification: From MIP to MIPVU
Gerard J. Steen, Aletta G. Dorst, J. Berenike Herrmann, Anna A. Kaal, Tina Krennmayr and Tryntje Pasma
This book presents a complete method for the identification of metaphor in language at the level of word use. It is based on extensive methodological and empirical corpus-linguistic research in two languages, English and Dutch. The method is formulated as an explicit manual of instructions covering… read more[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 14] 2010. xi, 238 pp.
2019 Chapter 6. Linguistic metaphor identification in German Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the world, Nacey, Susan, Aletta G. Dorst, Tina Krennmayr and W. Gudrun Reijnierse (eds.), pp. 113–135 | Chapter
2019 Chapter 2. MIPVU: A manual for identifying metaphor-related words Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the world, Nacey, Susan, Aletta G. Dorst, Tina Krennmayr and W. Gudrun Reijnierse (eds.), pp. 23–40 | Chapter
2016 Transdisciplinary approaches to literature and empathy: A special issue Transdisciplinary Approaches to Literature and Empathy, Sopčák, Paul, Massimo Salgaro and J. Berenike Herrmann (eds.), pp. 2–5 | Article
2015 High on metaphor, low on simile? An examination of metaphor type in sub-registers of academic prose Metaphor in Specialist Discourse, Herrmann, J. Berenike and Tony Berber Sardinha (eds.), pp. 163–190 | Article
Recent corpus studies found that academic prose is particularly rich in metaphor,
but exhibits an unexpectedly low proportion of forms of ‘direct metaphor’,
such as simile (cf. Steen, Dorst, Herrmann, Kaal, & Krennmayr, 2010a; Steen
et al., 2010b). One explanation is deliberate metaphor use: in… read more
2015 Metaphor in specialist discourse Metaphor in Specialist Discourse, Herrmann, J. Berenike and Tony Berber Sardinha (eds.), pp. 3–14 | Article
This chapter introduces the overall purpose, theoretical background, and
structure of this collective volume. We start with our initial motivation, advancing
the empirical study of metaphor in specialist discourse. Matching our goal,
depicting metaphor use across a range of specialist domains and… read more