Metaphor in Economics and Specialised Discourse

José Mateo is full professor at the University of Alicante, Spain. He has a PhD in linguistics and has specialised in translation and lexicography. He has written several bilingual dictionaries of specialised discourses, including Economics, Banking and Stock Exchange.Francisco Yus is full professor at the University of Alicante, Spain. He has a PhD in linguistics and has specialised in the application of pragmatics (especially relevance theory) to media discourses and conversational issues, with a special focus on internet discourse, about which he has proposed the theory of cyberpragmatics.

• Financial metaphor – Legal discourse – Academic language – Fashion metaphor – Health metaphor – Diplomatic discourse – Maritime discourse