%0 Journal Article
%T Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics
%A Sardinha
%A Tony Berber
%J Revista Brasileira de Lingu¨ªstica Aplicada
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1984-63982011000200004
%X in this paper, i look at four different aspects of metaphor research from a corpus linguistic perspective, namely: (1) the lexicogrammar of metaphors, which refers to the patterning of linguistic metaphor revealed by corpus analysis; (2) metaphor probabilities, which is a facet of metaphor that emerges from frequency-based studies of metaphor; (3) dimensions of metaphor variation, or the search for systematic parameters of variation in metaphor use across different registers; and (4) automated metaphor retrieval, which relates to the development of software to help identify metaphors in corpora. i argue that these four aspects are interrelated, and that advances in one of them can drive changes in the others.
%K corpora
%K metaphor
%K metaphor identification
%K lexicogrammar
%K probabilities
%K multi-dimensional analysis
%K metaphor retrieval software.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1984-63982011000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en