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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Figurative Thinking and Communicative Language Ability
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Conclusions
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Back Matter
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Reviews
'This ground-breaking book presents a lucid and persuasive argument for the centrality of figurative thinking in language learning and communicative competence. Contributing to both theory and practice, Jeannette Littlemore and Graham Low help shift language teaching and learning away from a dull emphasis on the transactional. The book is a major addition to a current paradigm shift in language teaching and applied linguistic theory, helping to bring the creative and playful centre stage, and making the task of language learning more fulfilling and rewarding in the process.' - Professor Guy Cook, The Open University, UK
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
GRAHAM D. LOW is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of York, UK. He is particularly interested in how figurative language is used in written discourse.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning
Authors: Jeannette Littlemore, Graham Low
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230627567
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9602-2Published: 12 April 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54499-8Published: 01 January 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62756-7Published: 12 April 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 239
Topics: Language Education, Linguistics, general, Semiotics, Language Teaching, Translation Studies