RIJN-VAN TONGEREN, GERALDINE W. VAN — Metaphors in Medical Texts.

Amsterdam-Atlanta, Rodopi. 1997. Original publisher's sewn yellow paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: 186pp., [6]pp., footnotes & references, conclusions, bibliography, appendices, index. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 8: Utrecht Studies in Language and Communication. " This book claims that metaphors must be seen as indispensable cognitive and communicative instruments in medical science. Analysis of texts taken from recently published medical handbooks reveals what kind of metaphors are used to structure certain medical concepts and what the functions are of the metaphorical expressions in the texts ".