Search for dissertations about: "metaphorical expressions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words metaphorical expressions.

2. 1. 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

4. 2. On 'have' in Ancient Greek. An investigation on echo and the construction einai with a dative as expressions for 'have'

   Author : Karin Kulneff-Eriksson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ’hold’; focus; definiteness; concreteness; possessor; possession; ἔστι μοι; ἔχω; εἶναι with the dative; *seĝh-; ’have’;

   Abstract : This book deals with ’have’ in ancient Greek. Two different types of ’have’-constructions were used, viz., on the one hand, the active transitive verb ἔχω and, on the other hand, the verb εἶναι, ’be’, with a complement in the dative case (here called the ἔστι μοι construction). READ MORE

5. 3. Metaphor and creativity in British magazine advertising

   Author : Carita Lundmark; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Engelska med didaktiskt inriktning; English; Specialization in Didactics;

   Abstract : This thesis is a cognitive linguistic study of the various ways in which conceptual metaphor and related cognitive processes are exploited for creative purposes in advertising texts and accompanying images. The material consists of advertisements collected from British magazines between the years 1996 and 2002, and is classified into four main categories according to how the metaphorical content is signalled in the advertisement. READ MORE

6. 4. Metaphor in Mind : Programming Teachers' Knowledge and Beliefs in Action

   Author : Andreas Larsson; Konrad Schönborn; Jesper Haglund; Jonas Hallström; Niall Seery; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conceptual Metaphor; Speech and Gesture; Programming Education; Technology; Konceptuella metaforer; Gestanalys; Programmeringsundervisning; Teknik;

   Abstract : Programming has become an integral component of technology education around the world and is an important part of Swedish curriculum reform and classroom teaching. This thesis aims to explore relations between programming teachers' knowledge and beliefs about programming teaching and how it is enacted in their practice. READ MORE

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

   Author : Marlene Johansson Falck; Ulf Magnusson; Dirk Geeraerts; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : 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;

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE