Essays about: "Anna-karin Burman"

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  1. 1. 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