Sökning: "conventionalized metaphors"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden conventionalized metaphors.

  1. 1. Refugees in British Media Coverage : A Study of Dehumanizing Conceptual Metaphors

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Författare :Kajsa Törmä; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Cognitive Linguistics; Cognitive Metaphor Theory; metaphor; immigration discourse; newspapers;

    Sammanfattning : This study exemplifies, analyses and discusses the conceptual metaphors refugees are water and refugees are animals in British media discourse. In order to do this, examples of linguistic tokens of the metaphors were collected from four of the biggest newspapers in Britain; Daily Mail, The Sun, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Nya sammansättningar med efterledet -bubbla : En korpusbaserad undersökning

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Svenska/Nordiska språk

    Författare :Monica Sperens; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Compound words; modifier bubble ; new words; metaphors; economic discourse; språkbanken korp; newspapers Affärsvärlden and Dagens industri; Sammansättningar; nyord; metaforik; ekonomisk diskurs; språkbanken korp;

    Sammanfattning : Den här är en korpusbaserad studie över sammansättningar med efterledet -bubbla under 2000–2014. Följande ord har studerats ingående: bostadsbubbla, lånebubbla, finansbubbla, aktiebubbla, småbolagsbubbla, husbubbla, lönebubbla och hyresbubbla. LÄS MER

  4. 3. An Idea Is a Life Form : An attempt to find evidence of the Conceptual MetaphorTheory by studying the Old English poem Beowulf

    Magister-uppsats, Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Författare :Anna-Karin Burman; [2014]
    Nyckelord :metaphors; metonymy; conceptual metaphor; Old English; Beowulf; conventionalized metaphors; innovative metaphors; target domains; source domains; corpus studies; and experiential metaphors.;

    Sammanfattning : This small study concerns occurrences of metaphor, metonymy and conceptual metaphor in the Old English poem Beowulf. The first 224 lines of Beowulf were searched for non-literal passages. Thefound passages were sorted into the groups conventionalized metaphor, metonymy and innovativemetaphor. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Effects of conventionality and proficiency in metaphor processing : A response time study

    Master-uppsats, Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Peter Eriksson; [2013]
    Nyckelord :Language processing; Metaphor comprehension; Conventionality; Conventional metaphor; Non-conventional metaphor; Automaticity; Proficiency; Native speaker NS ; Non-native speaker NNS ; Response time RT .;

    Sammanfattning : Some researchers that work with metaphor theory claim that metaphors and figurative language are understood and processed just as easily as literal language. However, as this thesis will explore in detail, other research indicates that such is not always the case. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Im Grenzgebiet zwischen dem wissenschaftlichen und dem journalistischen Stil : Zur Übersetzung erweiterter Partizipialattribute und figurativer Ausdrücke in einem medienwissenschaftlichen Text

    Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Författare :Jenny Ström Herold; [2010]
    Nyckelord :translation; nominal phrases; extended modifiers; metaphors;

    Sammanfattning : This essay deals with translation issues arising when translating a German source text – situated within the field of media communication and political science – into Swedish. More specifically, it focuses on translation problems and solutions in regard to extended participial modifiers and metaphorical expressions. LÄS MER