Essays about: "conventionalized metaphors"

Found 3 essays containing the words conventionalized metaphors.

1. 1. Refugees in British Media Coverage : A Study of Dehumanizing Conceptual Metaphors

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Kajsa Törmä; [2017]
   Keywords : Cognitive Linguistics; Cognitive Metaphor Theory; metaphor; immigration discourse; newspapers;

   Abstract : This study exemplifies, analyses and discusses the conceptual metaphors refugees are water and refugees are animals in British media discourse. In order to do this, examples of linguistic tokens of the metaphors were collected from four of the biggest newspapers in Britain; Daily Mail, The Sun, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. READ MORE

3. 2. An Idea Is a Life Form : An attempt to find evidence of the Conceptual MetaphorTheory by studying the Old English poem Beowulf

   University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

   Author : Anna-Karin Burman; [2014]
   Keywords : metaphors; metonymy; conceptual metaphor; Old English; Beowulf; conventionalized metaphors; innovative metaphors; target domains; source domains; corpus studies; and experiential metaphors.;

   Abstract : This small study concerns occurrences of metaphor, metonymy and conceptual metaphor in the Old English poem Beowulf. The first 224 lines of Beowulf were searched for non-literal passages. Thefound passages were sorted into the groups conventionalized metaphor, metonymy and innovativemetaphor. READ MORE

4. 3. Effects of conventionality and proficiency in metaphor processing : A response time study

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Peter Eriksson; [2013]
   Keywords : Language processing; Metaphor comprehension; Conventionality; Conventional metaphor; Non-conventional metaphor; Automaticity; Proficiency; Native speaker NS ; Non-native speaker NNS ; Response time RT .;

   Abstract : Some researchers that work with metaphor theory claim that metaphors and figurative language are understood and processed just as easily as literal language. However, as this thesis will explore in detail, other research indicates that such is not always the case. READ MORE