Sökning: "Body in metaphor"

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  1. 1. And Action! : A Study of the Semantic Domains of Action through Interpretation of Metaphor

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå,

    Författare :Henrik Westerdahl; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Semantic domain; Semantic dimension; Semantic pattern; Metaphor; Body in metaphor;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this essay is determining and describing some of the semantic domains of the concept of action. Action belongs to the type of abstract nouns with unclear semantic domains. In other words, there are difficulties in determining the precise semantic patterns that the word ‘action’ refers to. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Body as a Grenade : Illness Metaphors, The Suffering of Others and Conservativism in Contemporary Sick-Flicks

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Författare :Christian Gregory; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Cancer; Sick-Lit; Sick-Flicks; Cystic Fibrosis; CF; SCID; YA Literature; YA Films; The Fault in Our Stars; Five Feet Apart; Midnight Sun; Love Story; John Green;

    Sammanfattning : Film has since its inception been a potent storytelling tool, and the concept of illnesses and death havebeen a critical element in the stories mankind has told through cinema since the beginning. While theearly years of film saw few titles which directly named or featured diseases such as cancer, the 1980’sand 1990’s saw a vast increase in illness narratives being produced. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Containment as Imprisonment or Freedom : A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of Conceptual Container Metaphors in The Handmaid’s Tale

    Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Lina Haji Akram; [2023]
    Nyckelord :conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual container metaphors; embodiment; cognitive stylistics; mental states;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a close reading of the award-winning novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood. Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory as a framework, and the notion of embodiment, the study sheds light on metaphorical linguistic expressions that contribute to the realization of conceptual container metaphors pertinent to the main character’s psychological state. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Pandoriska sprickor : Rumslighet, kroppslighet och kentaurer i relationen mellan människa och häst i första trilogin av Ödesryttarna

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Författare :Yenn Burgman; [2022]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to analyse the human-horse relationship in the first trilogy of Soul Riders, written by Helena Dahlgren. The metaphor 'centaur' is used as a central theme to discuss and analyse how the relationship can create a new body in relation to space and to John Dewey’s concept of 'Growth'. LÄS MER

  7. 5. "Gåvor av jordens frukt och människors arbete" : En komparativ innehållsanalys av nattvardsböner i Svenska kyrkanskyrkohandböcker 1986 och 2017

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Silvia Kramer; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Ecotheology; liturgy; Church of Sweden; communion prayers; kyrkohandböcker; Sallie McFague;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines ecotheology in liturgy. In light of an increasing awareness of the seriousness of the climate crisis and the consequences for all living beings on earth, it investigated whether and how communion prayers in handbooks of Church of Sweden from 1986 and 2017 have changed towards becoming more ecotheological. LÄS MER