Essays about: "metaphors"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 234 essays containing the word metaphors.

  1. 26. A Study of the Translation of H.P Lovecraft’s Usage of Religious Metaphors in The Shadow over Innsmouth

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Juuso Mäki; [2022]
    Keywords : Translation; Lovecraft; Metaphor; Japanese English translation; Equivalent; Religious metaphor;

    Abstract : The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a book written by H.P Lovecraft and is one of the first books in the genre of cosmic horror. The book has been translated several times by different translators from English to Japanese. READ MORE

  3. 27. Swedish Learners of English and Their Use of Linguistic Metaphor

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Angelica Ahlin; [2022]
    Keywords : metaphor; MIPVU; second language learning; word class;

    Abstract : This study investigates linguistic metaphors used by Swedish learners of English in upper secondary school. The aim is to provide a measure of the amount and distribution of metaphor in learner English, with the secondary aim of evaluating the method. READ MORE

  4. 28. 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

  5. 29. Undervisning av ryttarkänsla under gruppridlektioner : en kvalitativ studie

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Maja Bakke Hjulmand; Johanna Stöhr; [2022]
    Keywords : ryttarkänsla; ridlärare; grupplektion; ridinstruktion;

    Abstract : Ridsport kräver samarbete mellan människa och häst. När ryttaren uppnår ett fungerande sådant samarbete kan detta ibland benämnas som ryttarkänsla. Ryttarkänsla är en personlig känsla och det finns nästan lika många definitioner som det finns ryttare. READ MORE

  6. 30. Lost (and found) in translation : A study of the translation of metaphors and metonymies in a Scottish travel guide

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Hanna Nyberg; [2022]
    Keywords : translation; metaphor; metonymy; translation strategies;

    Abstract : During the last few decades, the translation of metaphors has been a popular focus for examination. Seemingly, the challenges that metaphors and metonymies pose have urged several scholars to compile sets of translation strategies in order to meet them or at least attempt to describe how they tend to be met. READ MORE