Essays about: "Göran Jacobsson"

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  1. 1. Motion-emotion metaphors in English, Swedish and Spanish: a cross-linguistic comparison

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Göran Jacobsson; [2015]
    Keywords : English; Swedish; Spanish; interactionism; integral linguistics; iscourse metaphors; conceptual metaphors; emotions; motion; metaphors; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In cognitive linguistics there are three prevalent theoretical perspectives on metaphor: (universal) conceptual metaphors, discourse metaphors and language-consciousness interactionism. This thesis looked for evidence of support for these positions by conducting an empirical study comparing motion-emotion metaphors in English, Spanish and Swedish, focusing on the source domain MOTION. READ MORE