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A Method for Linguistic Metaphor Identification

From MIP to Mipvu

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ID23398705
AuthorsGerard Steen, Gerard J Steen (VU University Amsterdam), Aletta G Dorst (0000-0003-2520-3157, VU University Amsterdam), J Berenike Herrmann (0000-0002-5256-0566, VU University Amsterdam), Anna Kaal (0000-0003-2774-3093, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Anna A Kaal (VU University Amsterdam), Tina Krennmayr (0000-0002-7834-1230, VU University Amsterdam), Tryntje Pasma (VU University Amsterdam)
Year2010
Publication date2010-06-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueA method for linguistic metaphor identification (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/celcr.14
OpenAlexW574867956
Open LibraryOL24099688M
ISBN9789027239037
LanguageEN
Citations received352
References cited52

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 one chapter, the method being a development and refinement of the popular MIP procedure presented by the Pragglejaz Group in 2007. The extended version is called MIPVU, as it was developed at VU University Amsterdam. Its application is demonstrated in five case studies addressing metaphor in English news texts, conversations, fiction, and academic texts, and Dutch news texts and conversations. Two methodological chapters follow reporting a series of successful reliability tests and a series of post hoc troubleshooting exercises. The final chapter presents a first empirical analysis of the findings, and shows what this type of methodological attention can mean for research and theory.

Empirical research · Identification (biology) · Linguistics · Metaphor · Natural language processing · Reliability (semiconductor) · Troubleshooting · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Lexicography and Language Studies · Mathematics

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