Essays about: "Cognitive Linguistics"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 50 essays containing the words Cognitive Linguistics.

1. 11. Building a Balanced Organizational Culture – Imagery in Corporate Storytelling : Metaphors and Translation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Maria Eriksson; [2020]
   Keywords : Cognitive Linguistics; Conceptual Metaphors; English; Management; Organizational Culture; Storytelling; Swedish; Translation Strategies;

   Abstract : This study investigates the use of metaphors in corporate storytelling and the strategies that may be applied when translating these from English to Swedish. The conceptual metaphor theory was used as a starting point for the investigation of structural metaphors in particular. READ MORE

3. 12. Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Preposition Acquisition in an ESL Context with Arabic Learners

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Louie Al Emam; [2019]
   Keywords : : ESL; SLA; prepositions; cognitive linguistics; Arabic-speaking students; traditional approaches; spatial relations.;

   Abstract : Teaching prepositions in the context of English as a foreign language (ESL) can be particularly challenging. The present research explored the ability of Arabic-speaking students to understand and use prepositions and examined the efficacy of using cognitive linguistics to train them on the for and to prepositions. READ MORE

4. 13. Intersemiotic Translation from Film to Audio Description: A cognitive semiotic approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Ida Stevia Krogh Diget; [2019]
   Keywords : cognitive semiotics; semiotics; intersemiotic translation; translation; linguistics; film; audio description; narratology; narratives; narrative levels; narrative structure; multimodality; multimodal narratives; polysemiotic communication; Visual Into Words; VIW project; VIW corpus; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Audiovisual content is heavily prevalent in many modern societies. Film, in particular, is a favourite form of entertainment to many. Film is by nature both multimodal and polysemiotic, employing the modalities of visual and auditive as well as the semiotic systems of language, gesture, depiction and music. READ MORE

5. 14. The Study of the Relationship between Linguistic Skills and Psychological Disorders

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Mohamed Nasser; [2019]
   Keywords : Linguistic Skills; Cognitive science; Cognitive psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Bilingualism; Culture; Psychological Disorders; Depression;

   Abstract : Our current knowledge about the relationship between linguistic skills and psychological disorders is somewhat diffuse. One reason is because it is difficult to investigate this relationship without including conditions that clearly influence the results in one way or another (e.g. culture, environment, socioeconomic class etc). READ MORE

6. 15. Retaining or losing the conceptual metaphor : A study on institutional translation of metaphors in political discourse from English into Swedish and Spanish

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Tolk- och översättarinstitutet

   Author : Ingrid Eriksson; [2019]
   Keywords : cognitive linguistics; conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual metaphor; metaphor; institutional translation; European Commission; migration; political discourse; kognitiv lingvistik; konceptuell metaforteori; konceptuell metafor; metafor; institutionell översättning; Europeiska kommissionen; migration; politisk diskurs;

   Abstract : The translation of metaphors has been analyzed and discussed for several decades, but there are not many multilingual studies that examine how metaphors are translated. The present study takes a cognitive approach to metaphor and investigates how translators at the European Commission handle metaphorical expressions and the underlying conceptual metaphors in political discourse. READ MORE