Essays about: "conceptual metaphors"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 69 essays containing the words conceptual metaphors.

1. 21. From Battling to Bridge Building: Metaphors around Covid-19 in German Politics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

   Author : Victoria Wandsleb; [2021]
   Keywords : Cognitive Linguistics; Covid-19; Metaphors; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; Dynamic Discourse Studies; Critical Metaphor Analysis; Metaphor Identification Procedure; Explorative Corpus Analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The present study examines metaphor activity in German politics. It focuses on the question how metaphors contribute to a conceptualisation of the Covid-19 pandemic. The research question is answered with the help of a corpus-based analysis that qualitatively investigates debates in the German parliament between March and June 2020. READ MORE

3. 22. Metaphors of populists – A cognitive linguistic study of conceptual metaphors in political speeches by Donald J. Trump and Nigel Farage

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Peter Warell; [2020]
   Keywords : Cognitive linguistics; metaphors; conceptual metaphors; source domain; target domain; MIP; politic speech; Donald Trump; Nigel Farage; populist; populism.;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the use of conceptual metaphors in political speeches by Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Conceptual metaphor theory is applied as the framework for the study. Metaphorical linguistic expressions are identified with help of the method Metaphor Identification Procedure (MIP). READ MORE

4. 23. Metaphorical mountainscapes : Translating metaphors, similes and metonymy in an adventure travel guide

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Elin Maria Björklund; [2020]
   Keywords : Translation studies; metaphor; metonymy; simile; conceptual metaphors; translation strategies; personification;

   Abstract : This study examines the translation of an adventure travel guide from English to Swedish, focusing on the translation of conventional metaphors, original metaphors, metonymy and similes, with special attention to conceptual metaphors. The results show that most of the metaphors are reproduced in the target text, along with most of the metonymic segments and all similes. READ MORE

5. 24. Describing Sound : Translating Metaphors in Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968–2010

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Ola Jönsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Conceptual metaphors; journalism; lexicalized metaphor; metonymy; non-lexicalized metaphor; simile;

   Abstract : Focusing on a source text of music journalism, this study sets out to investigate the role of metaphors in translation techniques from English to Swedish. The study turns to the conceptual metaphor, as presented by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980), and considers a range of translation strategies prescribed by scholars such as Christina Schäffner (2004, 2012) and Grace Crerar-Bromelow (2007). READ MORE

6. 25. Dizziness of Freedom: The influence of maladaptive anxiety on metaphorical meaning-making and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM)

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

   Author : Kalina Moskaluk; [2020]
   Keywords : Anxiety; Cognitive semiotics; Metaphor; Metaphor identification; Metaphors in psychotherapy; Motivation Sedimentation Model; Phenomenology; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates and compares metaphors used in the context of psychotherapy by people who experience various forms of maladaptive anxiety and anxiety disorders (anxiety sample, AS) and people who experience stress caused by various events in their lives (stress sample, SS). It is grounded in a cognitive-semiotic theory called the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM), which defines three levels of meaning-making. READ MORE