Search for dissertations about: "Lakoff and Johnson"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Lakoff and Johnson.

  2. 1. Metaphors Cicero lived by : The Role of Metaphor and Simile in De senectute

    Author : Aron Sjöblad; Latin; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Latin; Lakoff; Cicero; Johnson; ‘On Old Age’; Metaphor; De senectute; Kövecses;

    Abstract : Abstract This dissertation examines the function of metaphor and simile in Cicero’s dialogue De senectute. For this purpose, it employs Lakoff-Johnsonian metaphor theory and compares the metaphorical concepts that the scholars of that tradition have found in English with the metaphors found in Cicero’s text. READ MORE

  4. 2. Fire, Poison, and Black Tears : Metaphors of Emotion in Rebétiko

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

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cloudy talks : Exploring accounts about cloud computing

    Author : Maria Lindh; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information management; cloud computing; cloud services; cloud technology; social constructionism; social construction of reality; conceptual metaphor theory; Google Apps for Education GAFE ; GAFA; algorithmic identities; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to discuss the character, purpose, and use of the language surrounding new technology, specifically cloud computing. The thesis is situated within library and information science. READ MORE