How to talk shop through metaphor: bringing metaphor research to the ESP classroom. English for Specific Purposes (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 22, 2 (2003), 177-194. This paper explores the role and function of metaphor in the genre of the building review within architecture discourse, and suggests ways in which research into its textual and communicative function might be useful to those involved in creating ESP materials for students of architecture whose first language is not English. The

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