This book explores different aspects of metaphoricity in legal discourse, from court proceedings and written institutionalised texts to judges’ argumentation

Scholars from many disciplines discuss the crucial roles played by narrative and metaphor in the theory and practice of law.

This book approaches metaphor in specialised discourses, covering various fields. The studies presented in the book adopt different research frameworks, ranging

This book defines and explains, in straightforward language, metaphorical stories using examples from sources such as conversations, speeches, and editorial car

This volume takes up the challenge of surveying the present state of a variety of approaches to the identification, analysis and interpretation of metaphor acro