This thesis provides an account of the metaphors of cancer in a comparable English and Spanish corpus of 300 press popularisation articles. The aim is to identify relevant source domains that are employed in these articles to conceptualise the disease. Although a number of studies have explored the use of WAR metaphors in the discourse on cancer, there is still little understanding of the actual way cancer is presented metaphorically to the lay public in the press or of the range of source domains that conceptualise the target domain. Thus, in addition to the WAR, VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION source domain, this study focuses on other metaphorical systems exploited to elucidate such aspects as metastasis, apoptosis, cancer treatments and...
This paper investigates the dominant metaphors in corpora constructed of British online news publica...
This paper investigates the dominant metaphors in corpora constructed of British online news publica...
Since the publication of Susan Sontag’s highly influential Illness as Metaphor in 1978, many studi...
This thesis provides an account of the metaphors of cancer in a comparable English and Spanish corp...
This thesis provides an account of the metaphors of cancer in a comparable English and Spanish corp...
This study explores the use of metaphor in the presentation of cancer therapies in a corpus of 300 p...
This study explores the use of metaphor in the presentation of cancer therapies in a corpus of 300 p...
This study explores the use of metaphor in the presentation of cancer therapies in a corpus of 300 p...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree in English (Applied ...
According to the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), metaphors are not just a matter of language but ...
The purpose of this essay is to examine metaphors in cancer contexts, and in particular war and mili...
SILVA, Lucimar Bezerra Dantas da; ARAÚJO, Júlio César Rosa de. Metáfora conceitual em textos de divu...
Of all present diseases, the most cancer is metaphorized. The ancient name for the disease is alread...
This article identifies, describes and analyzes specific instances of metaphors used to represent an...
This article identifies, describes and analyzes specific instances of metaphors used to represent an...
This paper investigates the dominant metaphors in corpora constructed of British online news publica...
This paper investigates the dominant metaphors in corpora constructed of British online news publica...
Since the publication of Susan Sontag’s highly influential Illness as Metaphor in 1978, many studi...
This thesis provides an account of the metaphors of cancer in a comparable English and Spanish corp...
This thesis provides an account of the metaphors of cancer in a comparable English and Spanish corp...
This study explores the use of metaphor in the presentation of cancer therapies in a corpus of 300 p...
This study explores the use of metaphor in the presentation of cancer therapies in a corpus of 300 p...
This study explores the use of metaphor in the presentation of cancer therapies in a corpus of 300 p...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree in English (Applied ...
According to the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), metaphors are not just a matter of language but ...
The purpose of this essay is to examine metaphors in cancer contexts, and in particular war and mili...
SILVA, Lucimar Bezerra Dantas da; ARAÚJO, Júlio César Rosa de. Metáfora conceitual em textos de divu...
Of all present diseases, the most cancer is metaphorized. The ancient name for the disease is alread...
This article identifies, describes and analyzes specific instances of metaphors used to represent an...
This article identifies, describes and analyzes specific instances of metaphors used to represent an...
This paper investigates the dominant metaphors in corpora constructed of British online news publica...
This paper investigates the dominant metaphors in corpora constructed of British online news publica...
Since the publication of Susan Sontag’s highly influential Illness as Metaphor in 1978, many studi...