Essays about: "underlying conceptual metaphor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words underlying conceptual metaphor.

1. 1. “The road ahead will be difficult” : An analysis of conceptual metaphors used in political speeches

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

   Author : Arsema Solomon Zeray; [2023]
   Keywords : conceptual metaphors; politics; gender; Africa; critical discourse analysis;

   Abstract : Political speeches are complex in nature and call for a thorough exploration to unravel the underlying messages. Politicians tend to simplify their speeches by using conceptual metaphors as a means of taking a shortcut. READ MORE

3. 2. The Human and the Creation in Relation to the Narrative of the Divine An Ecological Reading of the Letter to the Romans in Comparison with 4QInstruction

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Stina Tysk; [2021-01-28]
   Keywords : Romans; 4QInstruction; conceptual metaphors; figurative language; intertextuality; narratives; ecotheology; ecoethics;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to elaborate on an ecological reading of Romans in comparison to 4QInstruction. In a literary analysis, recognizing figurative language, intertextuality and conceptual metaphor theory, the underlying framings of a Divine Narrative in Romans and 4QInstruction is uncovered. READ MORE

4. 3. Motivational factors and values of : a study of Swedish producers in local food nodes

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Fanny Blom; Sandra Danielsson; [2021]
   Keywords : local food nodes; economic and non-economic values; Means-End Chain; The Zaltman Methaphor Elicitation Technique; farmers motives;

   Abstract : Securing food for the whole population is a key issue in the world. One way to make it possible is by developing the supply chains to a more sustainable agri-food system. These systems should provide the consumer with good, affordable food while the producers still get a good return for their products. READ MORE

5. 4. A climate for metaphors : an inquiry into the cognitive and discursive power of climate change metaphors, supported by a diachronic critical metaphor analysis of opinion articles published in three US newspapers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Kenneth Ravn; [2020]
   Keywords : climate change; political ecology; media; cognition; metaphor; discourse; sustainable development; ecological modernization; Social Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The news media remains as one of the most important sources of societal uptake of climate change information. Its potential to covertly shape public perception and attitudes regarding climate change is therefore considerable but difficult to assess. READ MORE

6. 5. 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