Essays about: "Linguistics - idioms"

Found 5 essays containing the words Linguistics - idioms.

  1. 1. Learning while Gaming: Second Language Students’ Acquisition of English Idioms

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Patricia Vanhanen; [2017]
    Keywords : idioms; linguistics; computer;

    Abstract : Idioms are found in every language, and if one wants to master a language it is important to learn and be able to use idioms while communicating. The English language is no exception. As well as in other languages, idioms are used extensively in the English language. READ MORE

  3. 2. To make a mountain out of a molehill : A comparative study of the metonymical and metaphorical structures of three semantically identical, but lexically different, idioms in English, Swedish and German

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Anna Lodén; [2017]
    Keywords : Conceptual metaphor; conceptual metonymy; mapping; source domain; linguistics;

    Abstract : This study revolves around the different underlying metaphorical or metonymical structures of three specific idioms, one English, one Swedish and one German, but with equivalent semantics. The structure of the source and target domains was analysed, as well as the mapping from source to target. READ MORE

  4. 3. Cognitively Motivated Meanings for Idioms : The Metaphorical and Metonymical Structures of two Semantically Equivalent but Structurally Different Idioms in English and Swedish

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Björn Book; [2016]
    Keywords : cognitive linguistics; conceptual metaphor; conceptual metonymy; motivation; embodiment;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the similarities and differences of the cognitive structures of the English-Swedish idiom pair to step into someone’s shoes and att axla någons mantel (to shoulder someone’s mantle [lit.]) in order to investigate possible conceptual or embodied motivations for their meanings. READ MORE

  5. 4. A thorn in the side and its equivalents in French and Swedish : One sense realized as three different idioms

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Jasmine Andersson; [2014]
    Keywords : idioms; cognitive linguistics; concepts; conceptual metaphors; conceptual correspondences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyse how three idioms, in English, French and Swedish, despite different lexical compositions are capable of conveying the same meaning. The idioms in question are a thorn in the side, une épine au pied/dans le pied and en nagel i ögat. READ MORE

  6. 5. Putting Your Ass on the Line : The Conceptualization of Risk in English and Spanish

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Tjasa Arcon; [2010]
    Keywords : conceptual metaphor; risk; English; Spanish; corpus linguistics; cognitive linguistics;

    Abstract : The present study sets out to shed light on the conceptualization of risk in two different languages, English and Spanish. In order to reveal how risk is perceived in the minds of speakers of the two languages, I undertook a comprehensive cross-linguistic survey of the conceptual metaphors related to risk-taking. READ MORE