Andrew Goatly is an English language

English language

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 professor

Professor

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 at Lingnan University

Lingnan University (Hong Kong)

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 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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Life

Goatly studied English at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford

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 before working for Voluntary Service Overseas

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 in Rwanda and Thailand. On returning to the United Kingdom, he was a schoolteacher before obtaining a doctorate

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 at University College, London and thereafter teaching at Chiang Mai University

Chiang Mai University

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 in Thailand, the National University of Singapore

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 and Lingnan University

Lingnan University (Hong Kong)

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, Hong Kong. He is the author of The Language of Metaphors, and Critical Reading and Writing, published by Routledge

Routledge

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, Washing the Brain: the hidden ideology of metaphor, published by John Benjamins

John Benjamins

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, and Explorations in Stylistics, published by Equinox

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