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Metaphorical construction of the belt and road initiative in German media: a transnational study based on critical metaphor analysis

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionMedia representations of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) play a significant role in shaping public understanding of China’s flagship transnational initiative. Despite growing scholarly interest in BRI discourse, the metaphorical mechanisms
Haiying Qiu
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The European Refugee Crisis Discourse in the Spanish Press: Mapping Humanization and Dehumanization Frames Through Metaphors

International Journal of Communication, 2020
The European refugee crisis has a central role in media and political narratives about migration these days. By applying critical metaphor analysis, this article explores how the Spanish press framed the crisis using metaphors in 2015, 2016, and 2017 ...
Marta Montagut, Carlota M. Moragas-Fernández   +1 more
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A corpus-based study of corruption metaphors: the case of the Jordanian ‘Hirak’ protest movement

Cogent Social Sciences
This study examines the metaphors used to depict corrupt individuals in the context of the Jordanian Hirak protest movement during the Arab Spring (2011–2012). This analysis was conducted using the lens of a Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) approach.
Ronza N. Abu Rumman, Jihad M. Hamdan, Amer Al-Adwan   +2 more
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Using drawing as a research tool in metaphor-led discourse analysis

, 2023
This talk reports on an experiment in which six Westminster MA translation students were asked to draw pictures to represent the orientational metaphoric elements of a written text.
Denroche, C.
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Metaphors for the Concept of 'Democracy' in Newspaper Articles: A Corpus-Based Critical Metaphor Analysis

Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2018
This study aims to investigate the metaphoric conceptualizations of the concept 'democracy' within the cognitive linguistic framework, and to propose a cultural-cognitive model related to this concept. TS Columns Corpus that is made up of newspaper articles was employed to construct the database of the study.
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Contagious Metaphor

The metaphor of contagion pervades critical discourse across the humanities, the medical sciences, and the social sciences. It appears in such terms as 'social contagion' in psychology, 'financial contagion' in economics, 'viral marketing' in business ...
Mitchell, Peta.
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Metaphor in RailwayTerminology

Metaphor has long been regarded as the trope used in literature and poetry. The second half of the 20th century has changed the viewpoint and looked at metaphor as a widely-used linguistic means in various discourses with terminology of no exception. The
Tretjakova, Jeļena
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Attributional Metaphor in Railway Terminology

The report provides the analysis of two types of metaphor, the attributional and relational ones. The former is based on mere appearance matches while the latter is formed on the grounds of relational commonalities.
Tretjakova, Jeļena
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Metaphor Study: Cognitive Linguistic Approach

Cognitive Linguistics has broadened the scope of metaphoric thinking. It has started viewing metaphor from vaious angles and provided the analysis of its occurence in various discourses.
Tretjakova, Jeļena
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An Insight into Contemporary Theory of Metaphor

The perception of metaphor has changed a lot since the end of the 20th century. Metaphor is no longer considered to be a purely literary trope, the boundaries of its usage have shifted greatly. Metaphor nowadays is an expressive means studied in numerous
Tretjakova, Jeļena
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