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Metaphor use in one-to-one academic consultations in English
| Topic and scope | Metaphor use causes difficulties for students whose native language is not English. This has consequences for their learning. We examine metaphor use in English as a lingua franca by filming office hours’ consultations between Spanish Erasmus students and their lecturers. |
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| Research question | How is metaphor used in an international context? Are metaphors negotiated and co-constructed and if so to what extent? |
| Method | Corpus analysis |
| Status | In progress |
| Researcher | Tina Krennmayr in collaboration with Jeannette Littlemore (Birmingham University, UK) and Fiona MacArthur, PI (University of Extremadura, Spain) |