Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life : A Corpus-based Study
- Submitting institution
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The University of Lancaster
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 236029662
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781138642652
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book, which is based on an extended period of research claims high significance and originality in terms of the data, topic, methodology presented. Innovative methodological assemblage was applied to the systematic study of the metaphors used in a large corpus compiled as part of a large scale research project. The book presents a range of qualitative and quantitative findings that have significant implications for: metaphor theory and analysis; corpus linguistic and computational approaches to metaphor; and training and practice in cancer care and hospice, palliative and end-of-life care.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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