METAPHORS IN WRITTEN SOCCER COMMENTARIES: EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN Cover Image

Metaphors in Written Soccer Commentaries: Evidence from German
METAPHORS IN WRITTEN SOCCER COMMENTARIES: EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN

Author(s): Jarosław Wiliński
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Media studies, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: conceptual metaphor; football; metaphorical expressions; football commentary

Summary/Abstract: Drawing on Lakoff and Johnson’s theory of metaphor, the author attempts to establish thekind of source domains from which common metaphors are drawn, and to what degree structuralmetaphors are used. To this end, different types of texts (e.g., match reports and reviews, officialnews, interviews, etc.) have been derived from German internet websites, with the intention ofanalyzing metaphors found therein. Data indicates that a number of structural metaphors can be foundin written football commentaries. They are drawn from a wide variety of source domains, althoughthe domains of physical fight, military conflict, games and sport, animal and human behaviour, aswell as meetings and journeys are particularly prominent. The primary function of metaphor in thiscontext appears to be to interpret facts in a way that attracts the readers’ attention.

  • Issue Year: 2/2014
  • Issue No: XVI
  • Page Range: 87-97
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English