Andrew Goatly
Andrew Goatly is an English language professor at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
Career[]
Goatly studied English at Jesus College, Oxford before working for Voluntary Service Overseas in Rwanda and Thailand. On returning to the United Kingdom he worked as a schoolteacher before obtaining a doctorate at University College, London and thereafter teaching at Chiang Mai University in Thailand, the National University of Singapore and Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He has written:[1]
- The Language of Metaphors, and Critical Reading and Writing, published by Routledge
- Washing the Brain: the hidden ideology of metaphor, published by John Benjamins
- Explorations in Stylistics, published by Equinox
- Meaning and Humour, published by Cambridge University Press.
References[]
- ^ Goatly, Andrew (2005). "After reading English..." (PDF). Jesus College Newsletter. Jesus College, Oxford (4, Michaelmas Term): 11. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 August 2007.
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