The Metaphor Of Theatre In Understanding News Discourse
The Metaphor Of Theatre In Understanding News Discourse
Author(s): Evdokia MarinovaSubject(s): Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: cognitive metaphor; theatre; frames; scripts; coherence;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the metaphor of THEATRE as part of everyday language as well as media language. The focus is on how it contributes to the understanding of news discourse. When used, cognitive metaphors evoke the pre-existing knowledge and cognitive models, presented as frames and scripts and they get activated. This process forms in readers‟ minds mental pictures that can last over the whole text. Thus metaphors provide coherence in the text.
Journal: Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT
- Issue Year: 1/2012
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 36-46
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English