Notable events of the project so far...
PUBLICATION
Latest research published in Metaphor and Symbol
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Latest research published in Journal of Pragmatics
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Our book “Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life: A Corpus-Based Study” was published by Routledge.
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Latest research published in Metaphor: Embodied Cognition and Discourse
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Latest research published in Corpora
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Latest research published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
NEWS COVERAGE
New Scientist reported on our work alongside a review of the London musical called A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer
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Latest research publihed in Applied Linguistics
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Latest in research published in Journal of Pragmatics
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Latest research published in Metaphor and the Social World
GUEST BLOG
Our blog post about “Laughing at Cancer: Humorous metaphors online” appeared on the European Association for Palliative Care website.
COLLABORATION
We are collaborating with the Metaphors in palliative cancer care project at Linnaeus University in Sweden which is using the MELC metholodogy.
PUBLICATION
Our latest paper appeared in International Journal of Corpus Linguistics.
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Our latest paper has appeared in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, see our publications page.
INTERVIEWS
Elena Semino appeared on Newstalk Radio, Ireland (listen again, minutes 48-57) and Veronika Koller was interviewed by ecancer at NCRI 2014
NEWS COVERAGE
The LU News story Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful was widely reported in UK newspapers (Independent and Times), European newspapers/news sites Dutch Telegraaf, Romanian news and Belgian news site), Health/cancer websites (Health Canal and Teenagers and
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Latest research published in Discourse Studies
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Latest research published in Leidfaden
