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02100aam a2200421 i 4500 001 4719C07E4DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180502010046 008 171107t20182018nyua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017051260 020 $a 1138642657 020 $a 9781138642652 035 $a (OCoLC)991715513 040 $a PUL $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d UKWOH $d DLC $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 04 $a P301.5 M48 S46 2018 100 1 $a Semino, Elena, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Metaphor, cancer and the end of life : $b a corpus-based study / $c Elena Semino, ZsoÌfia DemjeÌn, Andrew Hardie, Sheila Payne and Paul Rayson. 264 1 $a New York : $b Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2018. 300 $a 306 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge advances in corpus linguistics; $v 19 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a This text presents the methodology, findings, and implications of a large-scale corpus-based study of the metaphors used to talk about cancer and the end of life (including care at the end of life) in the UK. It focuses on metaphor as a central linguistic and cognitive tool that is frequently used to talk and think about sensitive and subjective experiences, such as illness, emotions, death, and dying, and that can both help and hinder communication and well-being, depending on how it is used. 650 0 $a Metaphors $x Health aspects $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Metaphor $x Therapeutic use $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Communication in medicine $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Communication in human services $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Corpora (Linguistics) 700 1 $a DemjeÌn, ZsoÌfia, $e author. 700 1 $a Hardi, Andrew, $e author. 700 1 $a Payne, Sheila, $d 1954- $e author. 700 1 $a Rayson, Paul, $e author. 830 0 $a Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; $v 19. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180502012555.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4719C07E4DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search