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  1. 11. Conceptual Metaphors for Covid-19 : An Analysis of Metaphors for Covid-19 in the Discourse of Political Leaders of the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Författare :Maria Andersson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Covid-19; Pandemic; Metaphors; Political Discourse; Conceptual Metaphor Theory;

    Sammanfattning : Since the emergence of Covid-19 in December 2019, metaphors to talk about the pandemic have been extensively used in political discourse. This study aims to compare metaphors for Covid-19 in the discourse of political leaders of the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia by drawing upon three conceptual metaphors found by De la Rosa (2007). LÄS MER

  3. 12. “Harsh realities” and “tender gazes”: Do perceptual extensions function metaphorically or literally? : A corpus-based investigation of haptic adjectives and the “extent of the literal”

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

    Författare :Esme Richardson-Owen; [2022]
    Nyckelord :cognitive linguistics; cognitive semantics; perceptual metaphor; lexical metaphor; double-function adjectives;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how perceptual adjectives are used to convey non-perceptual experience. The study is corpus-based, and the material consists of adjective-noun pairs in which the premodifying adjective is derived from the haptic modality. LÄS MER

  4. 13. From Clown to Hero : The construction of Volodymyr Zelensky in Swedish newspapers 2019 and 2022

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Svenska

    Författare :Frida Abd Alwaheb; [2022]
    Nyckelord :heroism discourse; Discourse-Historical Approach; conceptual metaphor; Volodymyr Zelenskyj; ideology; media discourse;

    Sammanfattning : This paper explores the linguistic construction of the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, in Swedish newspapers in 2019 and 2022. Using the framework of Critical Discourse Studies along with Cognitive Linguistics the aim of the study is to gain an understanding of what constructs a heroism discourse surrounding Zelensky. LÄS MER

  5. 14. A Corpus-Driven Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of the Syrian War and Refugees in the American Media

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Författare :Ahmad Tarek Safar; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Corpus linguistics; CDA; Syrian war; Refugees; American media;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates the discursive ways in which the Syrian war and the Syrian refugees are being portrayed in the American news media. It was conducted by combining the method Corpus Linguistics with the concepts of Critical Discourse Analysis. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Translating metaphors : an English to Swedish translation analysis based on conceptual metaphor theory

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

    Författare :Emely Blixt; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Translation studies; conceptual metaphor; metonymy; translation process;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER