Metaphors of blood in American English and Hungarian: A cross-linguistic corpus investigation  

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Simo, Judit

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Pragmatics: An Interdiciplinary Journal of Language Studies vol. 43 no. 12 (2011), page 2897–2910.
Topik: Metaphor Blood Corpus American English Hungarian
Fulltext: Simo_J.pdf (215.93KB)

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This study investigates themetaphorical uses of blood in American English and Hungarian, using large corpora. The study aims at identifying the target themes of metaphorical expressions containing blood in the two languages as well as unearthing details of patterns of usage in a case-study analysis of four selected expressions. Findings show that the two languagesmostly share the range of phenomena that their extensivemetaphorical uses of blood depict. At the same time, the case studies reveal a remarkable difference in the frequency, connotation, and usage patterns of the expressions that underwent a detailed analysis. The expressions also display substantial within-language variation in their connotations. The findings provide support for the usage of mixed corpora, and imply a vital need to investigate the context of metaphorical expressions in order to bring to light the conceptualizations inherent in them.

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