Essays about: "lexical metaphor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words lexical metaphor.

1. 1. Change in the Meaning of the Word Cool : A study comparing the 1890s, the 1950s and the 2010s

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Sandra Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Lexical semantics; meaning; synonyms; semantic widening; metaphor; metonymy;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study change in the meaning of the word cool, comparing the 1890s, the 1950s and the 2010s. Examples where the word cool was used were obtained from the Corpus of Historical American English, which is created by Mark Davies, and analyzed in terms of in which senses and text types they were used. READ MORE

3. 2. Critical Discourse Analysis of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Videos. : A Study of Popular Videos in Arabic Media.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Hussein Alwaday; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : COVID-19 hit the world causing global health, social and political problems. Exceptional misinformation about the pandemic has been circulating through social media and contributed to the public panic and confusion about how to deal with the crisis. READ MORE

4. 3. “Harsh realities” and “tender gazes”: Do perceptual extensions function metaphorically or literally? : A corpus-based investigation of haptic adjectives and the “extent of the literal”

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Esme Richardson-Owen; [2022]
   Keywords : cognitive linguistics; cognitive semantics; perceptual metaphor; lexical metaphor; double-function adjectives;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how perceptual adjectives are used to convey non-perceptual experience. The study is corpus-based, and the material consists of adjective-noun pairs in which the premodifying adjective is derived from the haptic modality. READ MORE

5. 4. Walking and Wandering among Mountains and Monsters : A study of metaphors and lexical variation in translation in a text about the Lake District

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Carol Turner; [2019]
   Keywords : English; lexicalised metaphors; lexical variation; metaphor; metaphorical concepts; novel metaphors; structural analysis;

   Abstract : This essay studies the translation of metaphorical concepts and lexical variation in relation to walking in a text about hiking in the Lake District. These two linguistic features are deemed to be important in fulfilling the communicative intention of the source text and the aim of the essay is to investigate to what extent these two linguistic features have been retained translation and what motivates different translation strategies. READ MORE

6. 5. When translators go barking up the wrong tree : A study of metaphor translation strategies in a dog breed book

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Linda Kornberg Krogh; [2018]
   Keywords : Metaphor; translation; translation strategies; lexicalized; non-lexicalized; MIP;

   Abstract : The translation of metaphors can cause problems for a translator since what is typical for a metaphor is that the intended meaning does not match its literal meaning, which can lead to misunderstandings. Apart from this, language differences and cultural differences can also cause problems. READ MORE