Essays about: "konceptuell metafor"

Found 2 essays containing the words konceptuell metafor.

1. 1. Retaining or losing the conceptual metaphor : A study on institutional translation of metaphors in political discourse from English into Swedish and Spanish

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Tolk- och översättarinstitutet

   Author : Ingrid Eriksson; [2019]
   Keywords : cognitive linguistics; conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual metaphor; metaphor; institutional translation; European Commission; migration; political discourse; kognitiv lingvistik; konceptuell metaforteori; konceptuell metafor; metafor; institutionell översättning; Europeiska kommissionen; migration; politisk diskurs;

   Abstract : The translation of metaphors has been analyzed and discussed for several decades, but there are not many multilingual studies that examine how metaphors are translated. The present study takes a cognitive approach to metaphor and investigates how translators at the European Commission handle metaphorical expressions and the underlying conceptual metaphors in political discourse. READ MORE

3. 2. See how far we’ve come : A corpus study of the source metaphor JOURNEY

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Mohammad Miraz Hossain Khan; [2015]
   Keywords : conceptual metaphor theory; cognitive semantics; the source metaphor journey; teorin om konceptuella metaforer; kognitiv lingvistik; källmetaforen resa;

   Abstract : The present study is based on conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), which Lakoff and Johnson introduced in 1980. Data were taken from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), and three phrases (a long road, bumpy road and fork in the road) were investigated, in order to see how far the conceptual metaphor theory can be corroborated using authentic data. READ MORE