Variations In The Theatre Metaphor In The British And The Bulgarian Media
Variations In The Theatre Metaphor In The British And The Bulgarian Media
Author(s): Evdokia MarinovaSubject(s): Foreign languages learning, Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: metaphor; theatre; cognitive model; variations;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the metaphor of THEATRE used in the British and the Bulgarian media. The focus is on its variations in representing different events depending on their importance to the corresponding culture. Three different cases are further differentiated according to whether the events are identical or similar and whether there is a difference in the metaphors used to present these events.
Journal: Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT
- Issue Year: 1/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 114-121
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English, Bulgarian