Sökning: "Metaphor Theory"

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  1. 1. The Autistic Human-container and its Contents : A Multi-lingual Critical Discourse Analysis of Autism Info Materials

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Linn Lockert; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Autism; Autism Representation; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines written autism info materials from web searches and autism expertrecommendations across Germany, Sweden, and the US. Making use of Conceptual MetaphorTheory and Critical Discourse Analysis, the different materials were analyzed with the help of codeschemes by marking down conceptual metaphors and other ideological words. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Navigating through life with metaphors as a guide. : An analysis about mind style and metaphors in John Green's The Fault In Our Stars and its pedagogical use.

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

    Författare :Frithiof Eriksson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Mind style; Metaphor; Reality; EFL Classroom; Upper Secondary School; Motivation.;

    Sammanfattning : This essay offers a literary study of John Green’s novel The Fault In Our Stars which was published in 2012. This thesis argues that Hazel and Augustus are portraying unorthodox mind styles, and they are demonstrating this with their use of and stance towards metaphors. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Translating Metaphors An Analysis of the Translation of Conceptual Metaphors from English to Swedish in an Academic Text

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

    Författare :Patricia Loggarfve; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Conceptual metaphor; metaphor; metonymy; personification; translation studies; translation theory;

    Sammanfattning : This essay investigates the author’s translation of a non-fiction text about literary theory. The study examines the metaphors found in the original text and how they have been translated from English to Swedish.  The analysis uses Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) description of conceptual metaphors to categorize the metaphors found in the text. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Voice of Nature : Ecological Personification in Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin and Abdel-Fattah’s Where the Streets Had a Name: An Ecolinguistic Analysis

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

    Författare :Zayna Halis; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Conceptual Metaphor Theory; ecolinguistics; ecological personification; ecosophy; ecological identities; eco-resistance; embodied metaphors;

    Sammanfattning : This study delves into the ways in which the displaced Palestinian characters in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin (2010) and Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Where the Streets Had a Name (2008) connect to their homeland through embodied metaphors, particularly through the personification of their native lands, which will be read with recourse to Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). By utilizing ecolinguistics as an analytical lens and applying CMT, this study illuminates how both literary works significantly underscore the urgency and cruciality of the human-nature interconnection and interdependence amid tragedy and dispossession. LÄS MER

  7. 5. "Klimatomställningen är vår tids ödesfråga" : En kvalitativ studie av svenska politiska partiers gestaltning av klimatet i sina valmanifest år 2022

    Kandidat-uppsats, Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Författare :Amanda Setterstig; Felicia Aigner; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Under den svenska valrörelsen år 2022 riktades kraftig kritik mot de politiska partiernas smala debatt om vår tids viktigaste fråga, klimatet. Syftet med studien är därför att bidra med kunskap om hur klimatet gestaltas i politisk kommunikation i den svenska valrörelsen år 2022. LÄS MER