Essays about: "metonymy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the word metonymy.

  1. 1. Reporting Trends in Sustainability and Climate Change Discourse : A corpus study about reporting verbs in global news

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Pontus Jaktlund Gunnarsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Corpus; Linguistics; Reporting Verbs; Media; Metonymy; Quantitative Analysis; Qualitative Analysis.;

    Abstract : In news reports, journalists often make references to what spokespersons from public organizations have announced. While doing so, reporting verbs are not an uncommon occurrence (Li, Zhao & Lou, 2023: 2). READ MORE

  3. 2. Translating Metaphors An Analysis of the Translation of Conceptual Metaphors from English to Swedish in an Academic Text

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Patricia Loggarfve; [2023]
    Keywords : Conceptual metaphor; metaphor; metonymy; personification; translation studies; translation theory;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the author’s translation of a non-fiction text about literary theory. The study examines the metaphors found in the original text and how they have been translated from English to Swedish.  The analysis uses Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) description of conceptual metaphors to categorize the metaphors found in the text. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Translating metaphors : an English to Swedish translation analysis based on conceptual metaphor theory

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Emely Blixt; [2022]
    Keywords : Translation studies; conceptual metaphor; metonymy; translation process;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the author’s own translation of a metaphor dense non-fiction text and investigates how metaphors have been translated from English to Swedish. The analysis mainly draws on Schäffner’s 2004 study that views metaphors on two levels, micro and macro, and Newmark’s 1981 prescriptive framework. READ MORE

  6. 5. How to analyze identification in storytelling?

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

    Author : Felix Pålsson; [2022]
    Keywords : audience; dramatism; Där livet händer; identification; IKEA; metaphor; metonymy; persona; persuasion; rhetoric; storytelling; Weltanschauung; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the use of storytelling in advertising from a rhetorical perspective. Specifically, stories told in IKEA’s recent advertising campaign Där livet händer (Where life happens) will be analyzed. The purpose is to propose a way in which to analyze identification in storytelling. READ MORE