{"product_id":"metalanguage-and-identity-david-evans-9781350497856","title":"Metalanguage and Identity: From Narration to Reflection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does language attain to rear view reflection and then timeless analysis? How does language garner its conceptualisation in order to do this?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is an exploration of the process in which everyday narrative language can become reflective and then analytical. Narrative language is viewed as a way of 'becoming' within the flow of time and therefore life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Evans and Herat show that there are levels in language that correspond with conceptual structures existing in the mind and in wider society, which shape the formation of a metalanguage. They explore how metaphor is an important creative tool in raising language to a more conceptual level in the constitution of a metalanguage. The book considers the development of different strands of metalanguage, for example, mind-based logic, physically based metaphor and universal grammar, to provide a fuller account of language and identity by challenging sweeping existential accounts of language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By studying the formation and application of metalanguage, the authors show it can help develop a more questioning, dialogic critical pedagogy in education to accustom students to develop critical awareness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Evans,Manel Herat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350497851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350497856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"David Evans","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474061377791,"sku":"9781350497856","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2d28be7-b0df-4964-8dbf-70df3a2a3c4c.jpg?v=1762314701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metalanguage-and-identity-david-evans-9781350497856","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}