Essays about: "orientational metaphors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words orientational metaphors.

  1. 1. Embracing metaphors in translation : A study on the translation of embodied metaphors in a nature book

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Linda Gars; [2023]
    Keywords : English Swedish; metaphor translation; translation strategies; embodied metaphors; orientational metaphors; ontological metaphors;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the translation of metaphors with a special focus on embodied metaphors. It is based on Newmark’s (1981:84−91) translation strategies and uses chapter 15, “Currents and Tides”, from Tristan Gooley’s nature book How to Read Water, Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea (2016) as corpus for metaphor translation analysis. READ MORE

  3. 2. All You Need Is LOVE: Applying Conceptual Metaphor Theory to the Beatles' Song Lyrics - A Comparative Study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Simon Christensson; [2021]
    Keywords : CMT; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; Cognitive Linguistics; semantics; metaphors; metaphorical concepts; conduit metaphors; orientational metaphors; ontological metaphors; The Beatles; Lennon; McCartney; song lyrics; love; the mind; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay analyses conceptual metaphors in the Beatles’ song lyrics and observes how Lennon and McCartney’s use of metaphorical concepts evolved in the 1960’s. The study has an empirical and qualitative approach with quantitative elements, and employs the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). READ MORE

  4. 3. Describing Sound : Translating Metaphors in Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968–2010

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Ola Jönsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Conceptual metaphors; journalism; lexicalized metaphor; metonymy; non-lexicalized metaphor; simile;

    Abstract : Focusing on a source text of music journalism, this study sets out to investigate the role of metaphors in translation techniques from English to Swedish. The study turns to the conceptual metaphor, as presented by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980), and considers a range of translation strategies prescribed by scholars such as Christina Schäffner (2004, 2012) and Grace Crerar-Bromelow (2007). READ MORE

  5. 4. Metaphor and metonymy : A study of figurative language in newspapers

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Malin Schultz; [2012]
    Keywords : tabloid; broadsheet; structural metaphors; orientational metaphors; ontological metaphors;

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  6. 5. Metaphors and Translation : A Study of Figurative Language in the Works of Astrid Lindgren

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Therese Waldau; [2010]
    Keywords : Lindgren; children’s literature; metaphors; similes; translation;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to find out if there are any differences in the use of metaphors and similes in children’s literature translated from Swedish into English. With two books selected by the same Swedish author, three groups of metaphors were studied -- structural, orientational and ontological metaphors -- as well as two groups of similes -- same image and similar image similes. READ MORE