Metaphor and Reconciliation
The Discourse Dynamics of Empathy in Post-Conflict Conversations
Sixteen years after her father was killed by an IRA bomb, Jo Berry had her first conversation with the man responsible. She had made a long journey, 'walking the footsteps of the bombers' as she put it, determined not to give in to anger and revenge but to try to understand his motivations and perspective. Her preparedness to meet Pat Magee opened up a path to empathy that developed through their conversations over the following years. This book studies their growing understandings of each other by focusing on the rich networks of metaphors that appear in their conversations, and how these evolve in the process of reconciliation. The innovati…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-136-87291-4
- EAN: 9781136872914
- Produktnummer: 19565137
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 194 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'354 KB
- Abbildungen: 6 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 6 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Lynne J. Cameron is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Open University, UK, and Research Fellow in the Global Uncertainties programme of the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Publications include Researching and Applying Metaphor (with Graham Low, 1999), Metaphor in Educational Discourse (2003), Metaphor Analysis: A guide to research practice (with Robert Maslen, 2010).
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