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  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. On the Propositionality of Signs

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Andreas Gustafsson; [2021]
    Keywords : philosophy of language; sign; icon; symbol; proposition; semantics; translatability;

    Abstract : There has been much philosophical debate about whether the meaning of pictures can be analysed using theoretical frameworks normally employed within philosophy of language. A specific question within this debate is the question of whether pictures can express propositions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Commanding the Swedish roads : Non-verbal performatives in the grammar of road signs

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Ottilia Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : road signs; speech act theory; linguistic landscape studies; cooperative principle; semiotics;

    Abstract : Road signs form a non-verbal semiotic system – by many encountered on a daily basis – that dictates the actions of the users of the road, in order to create a safe and efficient traffic environment. It is clear that road signs are not just ‘saying’ things but ‘doing’ something. READ MORE

  6. 5. Eye to eye : A contrastive view on the metaphorical use of the eye in English and Japanese

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Emil Mårup; [2016]
    Keywords : conceptual metaphor; idiom; cognitive linguistics; Japanese; English; eye; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present thesis deals with the metaphorical role of the eye in the Japanese language and how it compares to English. Metaphorical concepts provided by Lakoff and Johnson are explained in the context of English, then translated and tested with native Japanese people to see if the same concepts are apparent in the Japanese language. READ MORE