As a result of the formulation of the Cognitive Theory of the Metaphor by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) scholars discovered that this literary device could contribute to the development of communicative competence among L2 students. However, there are barely any didactic materials to take advantage of it. With the purpose of filling this gap a didactic sequence for Business Spanish, level C1, is presented. The speech in social sciences is rich in technical terms coming from the assignment of a metaphorical value to words we use in everyday language. Texts from the economic section of the newspaper El País will be used in order to detect the underlying conceptual metaphors that are essential for argumentation. After this training lesson, student...
The metaphor is a mechanism which makes it possible to conceptualize and reconceptualize the world b...
El presente trabajo presenta una propuesta pedagógica a modo de secuencia didáctica, orientada al fo...
This paper presents a study aimed to analyse variation in one of the characteristics commonly attr...
Resumen: A raíz de la formulación de la teoría cognitiva de la metáfora por parte de Lakoff y Johnso...
The aim of this paper is to present the language of economics as it is used in the Spanish newspaper...
Metaphor has rarely been considered an important instrument in the study of specific-purpose texts, ...
This article seeks to discuss the use and role of metaphors in financial and macroeconomic discourse...
Abstract: As in many other fields, English has increasingly become the universal language of the eco...
La metáfora, como fenómeno omnipresente en el pensamiento y lenguaje cotidianos, constituye un aspec...
Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, D...
[EN] Over the last decades, the Cognitive paradigm has been contributing to the development of the c...
The purpose of the present article is to analyze the use of evaluative metaphors in two economic dis...
Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic: 2016/2017This assignment has...
This article analyzes the role of metaphor, one of the most important rhetorical figures of the econ...
The aim of the paper is to show different applications of conceptual metaphors (CM) in the context o...
The metaphor is a mechanism which makes it possible to conceptualize and reconceptualize the world b...
El presente trabajo presenta una propuesta pedagógica a modo de secuencia didáctica, orientada al fo...
This paper presents a study aimed to analyse variation in one of the characteristics commonly attr...
Resumen: A raíz de la formulación de la teoría cognitiva de la metáfora por parte de Lakoff y Johnso...
The aim of this paper is to present the language of economics as it is used in the Spanish newspaper...
Metaphor has rarely been considered an important instrument in the study of specific-purpose texts, ...
This article seeks to discuss the use and role of metaphors in financial and macroeconomic discourse...
Abstract: As in many other fields, English has increasingly become the universal language of the eco...
La metáfora, como fenómeno omnipresente en el pensamiento y lenguaje cotidianos, constituye un aspec...
Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, D...
[EN] Over the last decades, the Cognitive paradigm has been contributing to the development of the c...
The purpose of the present article is to analyze the use of evaluative metaphors in two economic dis...
Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic: 2016/2017This assignment has...
This article analyzes the role of metaphor, one of the most important rhetorical figures of the econ...
The aim of the paper is to show different applications of conceptual metaphors (CM) in the context o...
The metaphor is a mechanism which makes it possible to conceptualize and reconceptualize the world b...
El presente trabajo presenta una propuesta pedagógica a modo de secuencia didáctica, orientada al fo...
This paper presents a study aimed to analyse variation in one of the characteristics commonly attr...