Applied linguistics, volume 39, issue 5, october 2018, pages 625645, published. Extended metaphor in automobile fan discourse source. Pdf on may 31, 2017, elena semino and others published semino, e. In other words, there seem to be three constraints on the use of such metaphorical expressions in discourse. Black and others published metaphor in discourse by elena semino find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
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. A descriptive analysis of bura verbs and vocabulary. Opinions may be expressed on any carrelated topic but most often. Metaphor distribution across word classes per register 6.
Language and world creation in poems and other texts introduces an interdisciplinary and practical approach to the analysis of poetry which focuses on text worlds, namely the contexts, scenarios or types of reality that readers construct in their interaction with the language of texts. Language and world creation in poems and other texts. That is to say, he establishes a child prison, engages a number of employee schoolmasters as turnkeys, and covers up the essential cruelty and unnaturalness of the situation by torturing the children if they do not learn, and calling this process, which is within the capacity of any fool or. This book combines stylistic analysis with corpus linguistics to present an innovative account of the phenomenon of spee. 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. Metaphor in discourse elena semino bok 9780521867306. Metaphor in specialist discourse presents multiple perspectives on metaphor use in specialist and popularized discourse contexts. Claims about the uses and functions of metaphor in discourse. Department of linguistics and english language, lancaster university, lancaster, uk. Analyzing metaphor in discourse workshop event endorsed by association for researching and applying metaphor instructor. Read corpus stylistics speech, writing and thought presentation in a corpus of english writing by elena semino available from rakuten kobo. The routledge handbook of metaphor and language by elena. A computerassisted approach to the analysis of metaphor variation across genres elena semino, andrew hardie, veronika koller and paul rayson departments of linguistics and computing, lancaster university introduction the importance of metaphor in scientific discourse is widely recognized, and some earlier studies have considered variation in. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad view of the field of metaphor and language, and brings together diverse and distinct theoretical and applied perspectives to cover six key.
Most of us think of simile and metaphor, personification and other similar figures of speech as being about similarities between objects, concepts, and entities. The effect of context on the use of metaphor in discourse. The study of metaphor as part of critical discourse analysis. Metaphor in discourse by elena semino researchgate.
Metaphor in discourse by elena semino 9780521867306. Privacy policy legal notice site map accessibility get adobe reader. Multifunctionality of metaphor in newspaper discourse 143 the second metaphor theme is a demonizing theme it portrays the natural phenomenon as a monster, i. Using corpus methods to analyse metaphor in discourse.
Language and world creation in poems and other texts in. Metaphor in discourse metaphor is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. 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. Linguistics ebooks epub and pdf ebooks at bargain prices and a great selection of free ebooks for download.
Metaphor is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful lancaster. Metaphor in educational discourse advances in applied. It discusses key issues brought to light by discoure analytic studies, including the relation between conceptual metaphor and metaphor used in talk. I was head of the department of linguistics and english language at lancaster in the periods 201114 and 201518. Cognitive poetics in practice joanna gavins download. Cognitive approach to metaphor translation in literary. For comparison purposes, 253 168 words were downloaded from a. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Download citation on feb 1, 2010, jonathan charteris. This chapter considers the nature of metaphor in spontaneous spoken discourse drawing on the authors empirical studies in a range of contexts, including focus group discussions about responses to terrorism. 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 routledge handbook of metaphor and language provides a comprehensive overview of stateoftheart interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Piller extended metaphor in automobile fan discourse 487 5. The routledge handbook of language and metaphor is a musthave survey of this key field. Gerard steen metaphor lab amsterdam professor of language and communication, university of amsterdam organizers. Corpus stylistics ebook by elena semino rakuten kobo. The discourse dynamics approach to metaphor and metaphor. Find out more about lancaster universitys research activities, view details of publications, outputs and awards and make contact with our researchers. Cambridge university press 9780521686969 metaphor in discourse elena semino excerpt more. The schoolmaster is the person who takes the children off the parents hands for a consideration. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and timid, you might say that heshe is. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site.
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. But most metaphor scholars hitherto focus exclusively on its purely verbal expressions. Analyzing metaphor in discourse 3 photos education. The discourse dynamics approach to metaphor and metaphorled. Integrated approach to metaphor and framing in cognition. 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 paper i consider the ways in which a metaphor that was first introduced in an article on pain mechanisms published in science has been adapted and developed in a selection of texts that can be broadly described as educational. This approach is turned into a method of metaphorled discourse analysis which. The use of metaphor to achieve irony and sarcasm in political debate is demonstrated and analysed discoursehistorically. University of west of england, frenchay campus coldharbour lane bristol england, u. A computerassisted approach to the analysis of metaphor.
The routledge handbook of metaphor and language 1st. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. If these students have produced research profiles, these are listed below. Using corpus methods to analyse metaphor in discourse metaphor in end of life care project esrc grant esj0079271. By metaphor i mean the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think. The book demonstrates in detail three ways of approaching poetic text worlds, namely as discourse situations. This approach is turned into a method of metaphorled discourse. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad. Although metaphor is often associated with creative, complex and rhetorical texts such as fiction, poetry, or speeches, metaphors are actually a characteristic feature of everyday discourse. Since both persuasive and narrative discourses in contemporary society increasingly draw on modalities other than. Elena semino supervises 6 postgraduate research students.
Opinion pages that include columns by wellknown automotive writ ers like brock yates, the editors pages, and letters to the editor. Political metaphor analysis provides an innovative approach to the study of figurative language use in political discourse by presenting empirical analyses based on a large corpus of political metaphors and metonymies, linking these analyses to theoretical positions and assessing their limitations and perspectives for further exploration. Elena semino esrcfunded metaphor in endoflife care project andrew hardie, veronika koller, sheila payne, paul rayson and elena semino. A discourse dynamics approach to metaphor situated within a complexitydynamic systems perspective is developed. Results patients with cancer use both violence metaphors and journey. Pdf accepted manuscript requires a pdf viewer such as gsview, xpdf or adobe acrobat reader. 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. We bring together cognitive and discoursebased approaches in an. But the juice in these formulas comes from how different the two things being compared seem to be. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. As an example you can describe joshua by the way he eats, maybe he eats like a pig. A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else that has the qualities that you want to express. Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful 4 november 2014 09.
Using genre and register as starting parameters for deeper exploration, and pushing the boundaries further to open up new areas and possibilities, ten independent articles investigate metaphor use across a range of specialist domains of discourse, such as biology. Jane demmen, an integrated approach to metaphor and framing in cognition, discourse, and practice, with an. The pragmatic categories of metaphor, irony and sarcasm are related to each other, against the background of grices treatment. Chapter 2 the linguistic analysis of metaphor in academic 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 different types of communication, from informal interaction to political speeches. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Metaphor in academic discourse vrije universiteit amsterdam.
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. An integrated approach to metaphor and framing in cognition, discourse, and practice, with an application to metaphors for cancer elena semino. Gerard steen, lynne cameron, elena semino, joe grady, and zoltan kovecses, thank you very. The adaptation of metaphors across genres elena semino.