Anita Naciscione

List of John Benjamins publications in which Anita Naciscione is involved.

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Stylistic Use of Phraseological Units in Discourse

Anita Naciscione

Stylistic Use of Phraseaological Units in Discourse received honourable mention of the ESSE Book Award 2012 in the field of English Language and Linguistics.This interdisciplinary study presents the cutting-edge state of theoretical and applied research in the fascinating field of phraseology. The… read more

[Not in series, 159] 2010. xiii, 292 pp. | open access

Articles

Naciscione, Anita 2020 Chapter 11. Multimodal creativity in figurative use Performing Metaphoric Creativity across Modes and Contexts, Hidalgo-Downing, Laura and Blanca Kraljevic Mujic (eds.), pp. 249–280 | Chapter

This chapter attempts to provide insights into actual language use in multimodal discourse. Observation and analysis focus on multimodal creative use of stylistic patterns: extended metaphor, metonymy, visual pun, allusion, hyperbole, personification. The study also brings out the role of… read more

Naciscione, Anita 2016 Chapter 12. Extended metaphor in the web of discourse Mixing Metaphor, Gibbs, Jr., Raymond W. (ed.), pp. 241–266 | Article

This chapter explores extended metaphor in the cognitive stylistic framework. Extended metaphor defines as an entrenched stylistic pattern of both thought and language, reflecting extended figurative thought. It is a cognitive inference tool, applicable in new figurative thought instantiations. A… read more