Cognitive approach to metaphor translation in literary. Using a semantic annotation tool for the analysis of metaphor in. Conceptual metaphor in discourses of women and marriage in. This new study reconciles cognitive metaphor theory with critical discourse analysis to offer a fresh approach to the study of metaphor. Deliberate metaphors invite the addressee to pay special attention to their cross. Although a growing body of research into youtube interaction has developed descriptions of user experience on the site, empirical studies of the youtube video page and discourse analysis of user interaction are. Gerard steen metaphor lab amsterdam professor of language and communication, university of amsterdam organizers. Conceptual metaphors reflect general conceptions of women and marriage in seventeenthcentury comedy. Eduard hovy louisphilippe morency ekaterina shutova submitted in partial ful. I was head of the department of linguistics and english language at lancaster in the periods 201114 and 201518. Elena semino supervises 6 postgraduate research students. Issn 09639470 metadata only available from this repository.
Pdf on may 31, 2017, elena semino and others published semino, e. In this book elena semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic occurrence, which is varied in its textual appearance, versatile in the functions it. Musical pitches are understood as objects organized in space. Analyzing metaphor in discourse workshop event endorsed by association for researching and applying metaphor instructor. In this book elena semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic occurrence, which is varied in its textual appearance, versatile in the functions it may perform, and central to. But most metaphor scholars hitherto focus exclusively on its purely verbal expressions. Is the root of all evil the key difference between literary metaphors and scientific analogies are multiple, partial and emotionally charged similarities that add to the richness of poetry, but they detract from understanding in science pinker. Discourse relations and default inferences in metaphor. Using corpus methods to analyse metaphor in discourse. Using corpus methods to analyse metaphor in discourse metaphor in end of life care project esrc grant esj0079271 centre for corpus approaches to social science esrc grant esk0021551. Using corpus methods to analyse metaphor in discourse metaphor in end of life care project esrc grant esj0079271. In addition to furthering our knowledge of the characteristics of academic discourse, its focus on methodology will be helpful to those concerned with the methodological aspects of metaphor analysis.
View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. There is something surprising about the wonderful contributions in this volume on metaphor and discourse. Using a semantic annotation tool for research on metaphor. Elena semino a cognitive stylistic approach to mind style in narrative fiction argues that a cognitive stylistic approach to literary texts is particularly suitable for the analysis of mind style, the reflection in language of particular conceptual structures and cognitive habits typical for an individuals world view.
It begins with a definition of metaphor as the phenomenon by which we talk, and potentially, think about something in term of something else 1. The database is being developed as a resource to be used both as a knowledge base on conceptual metaphors in italian and their lexical expressions, and to enrich general lexical resources. In this paper, a cognitive approach to metaphor translation in literary discourse is used, with a reference to a collection of short stories by a famous russian writer vasily shukshin 19291974 and their translations in english. The paper deals with the analysis of german chancellor angela merkels metaphoric image in the german press.
Discourse history in a metaphor corpus springerlink. Discourse relations and default inferences in metaphor interpretation rodrigo agerri school of computer science university of birmingham, uk email. In this book elena semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic occurrence, which is varied in its textual appearance, versatile in the functions it may perform, and central to many different types of communication, from informal interaction to political speeches. Metaphor is like analogy 203 give, which normally means to cause a change in possession, is mapped onto something like to cause a change in cognitive state centner 1975. Speech, writing and thought presentation in a corpus of.
Stephen pihlaja braves the last of these domains in his monograph antagonism on youtube. Elena semino is a senior lecturer in the department of linguistics and english language at lancaster university. Cambridge university press 9780521686969 metaphor in discourse elena semino excerpt more information 1 introduction. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site.
Simile, metaphor, and personification by deborah pfingston. Computational modeling of metaphor in discourse hyeju jang august 25, 2017 language technologies institute school of computer science carnegie mellon university pittsburgh, pa 152 thesis committee. Crosscultural variation in deliberate metaphor interpretation andreas musolff university of east anglia the distinction between deliberate and non deliberate metaphors has been developed within a fivestep framework steen of metaphor production. A pragmaticargumentative approach applying to the case of diabetes care the purpose of this article is to investigate metaphors as argumentative devices in the context of communication in chronic care and, more specifically, in diabetes care. On the one hand, the various studies of how metaphor permeates diverse types of discourse provide additional evidence for theories that emphasize the prominence of metaphor in thought, language, and culture. Elena semino is the author of metaphor in discourse 4. In applying this framework to a substantial corpus of texts. The routledge handbook of metaphor and language open. In this 2008 book elena semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic occurrence, which is varied in its textual appearance, versatile in the functions it may perform, and central to many different types of communication, from informal interaction to political speeches. Metaphor in discourse by elena semino 9780521867306.
Metaphor in musical discourse the conceptualization of music in academic and news texts nina julich leipzig university like time, the concept of music is almost exclusively referred to in terms of metaphor. The metaphor love is a journey in english and vietnamese. Metaphor in educational discourse is a superb piece of applied linguistics research that integrates vygotskys theory of concepts with current work on metaphor into a coherent framework for investigating how teachers and learners negotiate figurative language in order to promote development in the classroom setting. There are a few corners of the digital world that i leave unvisited in order to preserve my sanity, namely the dark net, my exs facebook page, and youtube comments. Opinions may be expressed on any carrelated topic but most often denounce environmental protection efforts that might impact on. Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful lancaster university. Metaphor in educational discourse advances in applied. This volume is the first booklength study to investigate multimodal occurrences of metaphor, and is of interest to scholars interested in metaphor as well as in multimodal discourse. This chapter introduces the overall purpose, theoretical background, and structure of this collective volume.
The use of metaphor as a tool to uncover peoples ideas, attitudes, and values through analysis of discourse is demonstrated and illustrated with data collected in a social science research project. Pdf this paper focuses on metaphor and the interpretation of metaphor in a discourse setting. Metaphor distribution across word classes per register 6. Metaphor in discourse elena semino bok 9780521867306. Metaphor in musical discourse the conceptualization of. Since both persuasive and narrative discourses in contemporary society increasingly draw on. Instead we will focus on how the identification and analysis of metaphor are carried out within the cognitive approach. Since the publication of susan sontags highly influential illness as metaphor in 1979, many studies have provided followup analyses on her critique of metaphors for cancer, but none have investigated her claims about the uses and implications of. Metaphor in educational discourse open research online. Each chapter investigates metaphors whose identification and interpretation depend on the copresence of at least two of the following modalities. But it is also possible that the meaning to cause a change in cognitive state has become conventionalized as a pos. She serves on the editorial board of critical approaches to discourse analysis across disciplines and metaphor and the social world. Statistical analysis of the linguistic material allowed to conclude that the.
This book focuses on the ways in which metaphor contributes to the development of internet arguments, known as drama, particularly on youtube. Veronika kollerandrew hardiepaul raysonelena semino, lancaster. Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful lancaster. Metaphor studies has over the past 30 years become a discipline in its own right, mainly because of the cognitive linguistic claim that metaphors characterize thought, not just language. Extended metaphor in automobile fan discourse source.
We start with our initial motivation, advancing the empirical study of metaphor in specialist discourse. In this book elena semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic occurrence, which is varied in its textual appearance, versatile in the functions it may perform, and central to many. Although a growing body of research into youtube interaction has developed descriptions of user experience on the site, empirical studies of the youtube video page and discourse analysis of user interaction are rare. Analyzing metaphor in discourse 3 photos education. Metaphor is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. Abstract metaphor in educational discourse is a superb piece of applied linguistics research that integrates vygotskys theory of concepts with current work on metaphor into a coherent framework for investigating how teachers and learners negotiate figurative language in order to promote development in the classroom setting. Crosscultural variation in deliberate metaphor interpretation. Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful 4 november 2014 09. Matching our goal, depicting metaphor use across a range of specialist domains and communities of discourse, we give an overview of the individual.
The metaphor love is a journey in english and vietnamese phan thi huong department of foreign languages, vinh university, 182 le duan street, vinh, nghean, vietnam received 15 september 2011 abstract metaphor has been studied for a long time by many linguists. Dec 16, 2015 this chapter introduces the overall purpose, theoretical background, and structure of this collective volume. Piller extended metaphor in automobile fan discourse 487 5. Elena semino is a senior lecturer in the department of linguistics and. Using a semantic annotation tool for the analysis of metaphor in discourse. In the last chapter, we noted that some metaphorical formulations have a history of their own. Claims about the uses and functions of metaphor in discourse benefit from largescale analyses that combine qualitative and.
Metaphor identification and analysis within the cognitive paradigm we have no space here for considering the different ways in which metaphor has been defined and analysed over time within different theories and models. Opinion pages that include columns by wellknown automotive writ ers like brock yates, the editors pages, and letters to the editor. Through the comparison of molieres the school for husbands 1661 and the school for wives 1662 with wycherleys the country wife 1675, the author of the present paper analyzes metaphors depicting womens position and marriage in contemporary english and french society. Metaphor in online discourse november 9, 2015 by michael toy there are a few corners of the digital world that i leave unvisited in order to preserve my sanity, namely the dark net, my exs facebook page, and youtube comments. Metaphor in discourse metaphor is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. Methodological problems in the analysis of metaphors. The discourse dynamics approach to metaphor and metaphor. As a result of analysis 8 binary metaphorical constructions, verbalized by two components, one of which is positively marked pm, the other one have been negatively nm identified. This paper describes the main features of the italian metaphor database, buing built at the university of perugia italy. A computerassisted approach to the analysis of metaphor variation across genres. I am director of the esrc centre for corpus approaches to social science i hold a visiting professorship in the faculty of foreign languages at fuzhou university in china. In this book elena semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic occurrence, which is varied in its textual appearance, versatile in the functions it may perform, and central to many different types of communication, from informal. University of west of england, frenchay campus coldharbour lane bristol england, u.
Using a semantic annotation tool for research on metaphor in. The adaptation of metaphors across genres elena semino. A discourse dynamics approach to metaphor situated within a complexitydynamic systems perspective is developed. The discourse dynamics approach to metaphor and metaphorled.
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