Essays about: "metaphor functions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words metaphor functions.

  1. 1. ”This isn’t a gold rush, it’s an arms race" : A critical discourse analysis of 2019’s “streaming war(s)” discourse in television trade press

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Julia Lindblom; [2021]
    Keywords : Streaming wars; trade press; ideology; power geometry; television industry; SVOD; Netflix;

    Abstract : Streaming services such as Netflix have changed how television is produced and consumed. In 2019, the online video on demand market was topical, with big launches such as Disney+ and Apple TV+. This period in the streaming market was popularized in the press as the “streaming war(s). READ MORE

  3. 2. Metaphorical mountainscapes : Translating metaphors, similes and metonymy in an adventure travel guide

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Elin Maria Björklund; [2020]
    Keywords : Translation studies; metaphor; metonymy; simile; conceptual metaphors; translation strategies; personification;

    Abstract : This study examines the translation of an adventure travel guide from English to Swedish, focusing on the translation of conventional metaphors, original metaphors, metonymy and similes, with special attention to conceptual metaphors. The results show that most of the metaphors are reproduced in the target text, along with most of the metonymic segments and all similes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Screaming yellow: An exploratory study of how speakers gesture and speak about colour and colour theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Thit Leonora Amsen; [2019]
    Keywords : gesture; colour; abstract content; metaphor; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The abstract subject of colour is a widely studied subject in spoken languages. However, very little is known about colour in relation to gesture. A substantial part of the literature on gesture and abstract content is concerned with referential gestures and especially metaphorical mapping. READ MORE

  5. 4. Functions and Strategies : The translation of narrative metaphors in a popular scientific text

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Sara Heikkilä; [2015]
    Keywords : Translation strategies; metaphor functions; narrative themes; conceptual metaphor;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to describe how functions of metaphors relate to translation strategiesin a translation of a popular scientific article from English to Swedish. The investigation isbased on a close reading of the source and target texts which identifies metaphors of fourdifferent functions: pedagogical, theory-constitutive, decorative and narrative. READ MORE

  6. 5. Oppeby torg då, nu och sedan : att utveckla och förnya ett 1950-talstorg i Nyköping

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ulrika Svensson; [2012]
    Keywords : Oppeby; torg; Nyköping; förortstorg; program 50-tal; 60-tal; förort; grannskapsplanering; stadsdelsförnyelse;

    Abstract : Det här examensarbetet på 30 hp är utfört vid institutionen för stad och land, SLU Ultuna. Examensarbetet handlar om Oppeby torg i Nyköping för vilket jag har tagit fram ett program. Ett program innehåller råd och riktlinjer för hur en miljö kan utvecklas och kan användas som underlag vid en eventuell upprustning av torget. READ MORE