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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Main Author: Gabriela Chefneux
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Language:deu
Published: Scientia Publishing House 2021-12-01
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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