Sökning: "Metaphorical language"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade orden Metaphorical language.

  1. 1. Technology, Language and Thought : Extensions of Meaning in the English Lexicon

    Författare :Marlene Johansson Falck; Ulf Magnusson; Dirk Geeraerts; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive linguistics; cognitive tools; language; English; sense development; meaning extension; thought; metaphors; metonymies; scaffoldings; entrenchment; technology; electricity; steam engines; motor vehicles; roads; ways; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; English; engelska; Engelska med didaktiskt inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, the relationship between technological innovation and the development of language and thought is analysed. For this purpose, three different fields of technology are investigated: 1) the steam engine, 2) electricity, and 3) motor vehicles, roads and ways. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Word formation in BSL

    Författare :Mary Brennan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Sign Language; teckenspråk;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the interlocking strands of productive morphology in British Sign Language (BSL), the language used by the Deaf Community in Britain. It examines how users of the language, 'signers', are able to create 'new* lexical items on a regular everyday basis. LÄS MER

  4. 3. ”Det här är ju dött tåg liksom…” : en studie av metaforer för ROMANTISK KÄRLEK i talad svenska

    Författare :Per Boström; Ann-Catrine Edlund; Marlene Johansson Falck; Ekberg Lena; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Metaphor; ROMANTIC LOVE; Spoken Swedish; Metaphor identification; Discourse dynamic metaphor research; Conceptual metaphor; Cognitive Linguistics; Cultural model; Focus group research; language studies; språkvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to investigate the metaphorization of ROMANTIC LOVE in spoken Swedish. The study is based on 4 semi-structured focus group conversations with participants in two age groups; 24–33 and 50–54. A Swedish short film and questions related to the film were used as stimuli for the conversations. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Lars Levi Læstadius' spiritualitet

    Författare :Lilly-Anne Østtveit Elgvin; Oloph Bexell; Hannu Juntunen; Ingvar Dahlbacka; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Læstadius; Læstadianism; spirituality; mystical spirituality; revival movements; Church of Sweden; Sámi culture; oral literature; homiletics; biblical interpretation; patristics; metaphorical language.; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study has been to be able to discern the core characteristics of the spirituality of Lars Levi Læstadius (1800-1861), minister of the Church of Sweden and originator of a large revival movement that carries his name. His spirituality is analysed as reflected in his mostly Finnish language sermons, out of which 466 are preserved. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Fire, Poison, and Black Tears : Metaphors of Emotion in Rebétiko

    Författare :Marianna Smaragdi; Grekiska (nygrekiska); []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rebétiko; Greek music; song texts; lyrics; metaphor; metaphorical expressions; figurative language; conceptual metaphor; emotion concepts; force metaphors; Lakoff and Johnson; Kövecses;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of metaphors of emotion in rebétiko song texts. Rebétiko is a major popular-music style of modern Greece, consisting mostly of melancholic songs full of sorrow, disappointment, and misfortune, as well as passion and romance, but also of cheerful songs of revelry and a carefree attitude to life. LÄS MER