Metaphor theory has shifted from asking whether metaphor is conceptual or linguistic to debating whether it is embodied or discursive. Metaphor in discourse by elena semino researchgate. 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. University press 9780521686969 metaphor in discourse elena semino. The routledge handbook of metaphor and language 1st edition. Metaphor in discourse by elena semino 9780521867306. Explores phenomena such as metaphor, viewpoint and deixis as well as epiphenomenal qualities such as a texts ambience, atmosphere, power, ideology or persuasiveness.
Metaphors and ideology gendered metaphors in economic discourse. University of west of england, frenchay campus coldharbour lane bristol england, u. This text is an entry in the field of works derived from. The routledge handbook of metaphor and language provides a comprehensive overview of stateoftheart interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. Cognitive linguistic approaches to text and discourse. Under the theoretical wing of conceptual metaphor theory and critical metaphor analysis we deal with one specific aspect of economic discourse in english in an attempt to draw attention to the distinctively gendered metaphor of slenderness on which the concept of the ideal company is based today. Feb 01, 2010 read metaphor in discourse by elena semino, journal of sociolinguistics on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Pdf a metaphor identification procedure for corpusbased mental distanceanalysis pdf from osakaue. There can be found a number of references in the articles which. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful 4 november 2014 09.
Elena semino born 9 september 1964 is an italianborn british linguist whose research involves stylistics and metaphor theory. Chapter 2 the linguistic analysis of metaphor in academic discourse. Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful lancaster university. Using corpus methods to analyse metaphor in discourse.
Metaphor is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. Metaphor in discourse metaphor is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. Metaphor in academic discourse vrije universiteit amsterdam. Pdf on may 31, 2017, elena semino and others published semino, e. Semino relates discourse as a linguistic phenomenon to ideology as a cognitive phenomenon, with the use of metaphors serving as a link between the two. 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.
Elena semino is the author of metaphor in discourse 4. Using a semantic annotation tool for the analysis of metaphor. The adaptation of metaphors across genres elena semino. Focusing on figurative language in a range of poetic and prose works, most recently she has worked on topics from the domains of medical humanities and health communication. Publishing outstanding work on the structures and strategies of written and spoken discourse, special attention is given to crossdisciplinary studies of text and talk in linguistics, anthropology, ethnomethodology, cognitive and social psychology, communication studies and law. M4s38 2008 808 dc22 2008014088 isbn 9780521867306 hardback isbn 9780521686969 paperback cambridge university press has no responsibility for the persistence or. Metaphor research and corpus linguistics at lancaster earlier work on metaphor identification and analysis using wmatrix software andrew hardie, veronika koller, paul rayson and elena semino esrcfunded metaphor in endoflife care project andrew hardie, veronika koller, sheila payne, paul rayson and elena semino. Dec 16, 2015 this chapter introduces the overall purpose, theoretical background, and structure of this collective volume. Semino, elena, 1964 metaphor in discourse elena semino. She is coeditor of the forthcoming routledge handbook of metaphor and language, together with elena semino and zsofia demjen. In this article, we examine the notion of framing as a function of metaphor from three interrelated perspectivescognitive, discoursebased, and practicebasedwith the aim of providing an adaptable blueprint of good practice in framing analysis. Sep 04, 2008 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 many different types of communication, from informal interaction to political speeches. We start with our initial motivation, advancing the empirical study of metaphor in specialist discourse. Using a semantic annotation tool for the analysis of. Although recent work in the social and cognitive sciences has yielded clear opportunities to resolve that dispute, the divide between discourse and cognitionoriented approaches has remained. 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. Integrated approach to metaphor and framing in cognition. Silvestre, maria luisa renau renau, plenary speakers. The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitivelinguistic background, providing a stateoftheart overview of research on the discursive grounding of metaphor from a cognitivelinguistic perspective. 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. Elena semino is a senior lecturer in the department of linguistics and english language at lancaster university. This document pdf may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the metaphors we live by, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country.
Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. This paper describes the application of semantic annotation software for analysing metaphor in corpora of different genres. Secondly, one text or piece of spoken discourse may reuse or allude to elements of other specific texts or discourses. Brings together scholars working across stylistics and critical discourse analysis including peter stockwell, joanna gavins and elena semino. The routledge handbook of metaphor and language open. Multifunctionality of metaphor in newspaper discourse 143 the second metaphor theme is a demonizing theme it portrays the natural phenomenon as a monster, i. Pushing the boundaries of cognitive linguistics semino, e. Metaphorical descriptions of pain on a trigeminal neuralgia forum. In particular, we outline three projects analysing religion and politics metaphors in corporate mission statements, the war metaphor in business magazines, and machine and living organism metaphors in a novel and in a second collection of business magazine articles. Semino, elena and masci, michela 1996 politics is football. Cambridge core psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics the cambridge handbook of metaphor and thought edited by raymond w. Koller hardie rayson semino, using a semantic annotation tool 143 the empirical application of conceptual metaphor theory to single data sets, corpusbased metaphor analysis seeks to ascertain metaphor usage in larger text collections that represent the various voices of a discourse community.
Multifunctionality of metaphor in newspaper discourse. Elena semino is a senior lecturer in the department of linguistics and. 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. By metaphor i mean the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think.
Metaphor distribution across word classes per register 6. In the course of the book, i discuss metaphor as a pervasive linguistic phe. 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. Gerard steen, lynne cameron, elena semino, joe grady, and zoltan. 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. Elena semino this is 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. This new study reconciles cognitive metaphor theory with critical discourse analysis to offer a fresh approach to the study of metaphor. 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. Metaphor in discourse elena semino bok 9780521867306. The cambridge handbook of metaphor and thought edited by. Matching our goal, depicting metaphor use across a range of specialist domains and communities of discourse, we give an overview of the individual articles. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. Language and world creation in poems and other texts elena.
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