Metaphors in Crisis (On COVID-19 in Romanian and US Articles)
The aim of the paper is to identify similarities and differences in terms of the metaphors used to present the COVID-19 crisis in Romanian and US articles. The paper is structured in two parts – a theoretical and a practical one. The theoretical framework presents metaphors from the cognitive l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Scientia Publishing House
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica |
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| Online Access: | https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/metaphors-in-crisis-on-covid-19-in-roman.pdf |
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| Summary: | The aim of the paper is to identify similarities and differences in
terms of the metaphors used to present the COVID-19 crisis in Romanian
and US articles. The paper is structured in two parts – a theoretical and
a practical one. The theoretical framework presents metaphors from the
cognitive linguistic perspective as a way to understand and explain reality,
metaphors playing a major part in human thinking. They are approached
in the paper as a subjective way of presenting reality, being indicative of
cultural differences. The practical part analyses thirteen Romanian and US
articles taken from broadsheet newspapers, focusing on three areas – the
presentation of the virus, people’s reaction to it, and the vaccine – in order
to see the types of metaphors and the source domains used. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-5151 2068-2956 |