Essays about: "George Lakoff"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words George Lakoff.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Människo- och Samhällskroppen : En experimentell isomorfianalys över psykofysiologisk och sociologisk konceptualisering av informationsprocesser

    University essay from Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Ricardo Fiallo Kaminski; [2012]
    Keywords : Psykofysiologi; Sociologi; Informationsprocess; Orienteringsreaktionen; Sociala Rörelser; Experimentell Isomorfianalys; Epistemologi; Spatial orientering; Konceptualiseringssystem; Människa; Teknik; utveckling;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how two different scientific fields, psychophysiology and sociology, conceptualize “information processes” – in the human brain on one hand, and in society on the other. The information process in human is represented by the orienting reflex with Eugene N. Sokolov as theoretic representative. READ MORE

  4. 3. Strict Father Bush and Nurturant Parent Obama : An Ideology Analysis of Presidential Acceptance Speeches, Portraying Conservative and Liberal Metaphors in the Nation-as-Family Theory

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Zacharias Östman; [2012]
    Keywords : Liberal; conservative; ideology; metaphor; moral; Lakoff; Strict Father; Nurturant Parent; Bush; Obama;

    Abstract : This essay will show how conservatism and liberalism is established and maintained in American presidential rhetoric, by analyzing the speeches held by George W. Bush in 2000 and Barack Obama in 2008 at their respective party’s national convention, at the time when they accepted their party’s nomination for the presidency for the first time. READ MORE

  5. 4. Truth and Metaphor - A presentation and discussion of two theories on how metaphors can be true

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Ylwa Sjölin Wirling; [2012]
    Keywords : Metaphor; Metaphors; Language Philosophy; Truth; Conceptual Mapping; Philosophy of Language; Donald Davidson; Contemporary Theory of Metaphor; George Lakoff; Mark Johnson; Mark Turner; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : Metaphor is the most commonly discussed form of figurative language, and can most simply be presented as statements describing one thing as another. This paper is concerned with the issue of in what sense a metaphor can be said to be true. READ MORE

  6. 5. DESIRE Conceptualizations and Culture in the Scottish Enlightenment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Hugo Nordland; [2010]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : An historical approach to language is crucial to both our understanding of language development and of how emotions are conceptualized, not only as they are in our present day but also how they have been conceptualized throughout time and what the underlying mechanisms are that shape these conceptualizations. The main aim of the present study will be to examine how important philosophers of the Scottish enlightenment conceptualized DESIRE metaphorically. READ MORE