A CORPUS-BASED APPROACH TO CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND ROMANIAN HEADLINES. A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS[1]
Maria-Crina Herțeg
1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia
Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of the use of metaphors in headlines, and combines quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. The approach is contrastive and is corpus based, as I analysed conceptual metaphors in the headlines in two corpora, one in English and one in Romanian. The analysis revealed the similarities and dissimilarities in the use of conceptual metaphors in headlines, the linguistic realisations of conceptual metaphors, the image schema projected by the conceptual metaphors, and their degree of conventionality. It also identified the headlines that used pragmatic and linguistic devices to achieve emotional effects. The first layer of analysis entailed adopting a semantic perspective, while the second layer consisted of adopting a pragmatic perspective. This second layer of analysis delved into social, cultural and contextual aspects. The analysis of the data revealed that conceptual metaphors relied on contrast, transfer and comparison.
Keywords: Headlines; Corpus linguistics; Cognitive linguistics; Conceptual metaphors.
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How to cite this article: Herțeg, M.-C. (2021). A corpus-based approach of conceptual metaphors in English and Romanian headlines. A contrastive analysis. Journal of Linguistic and Intercultural Education – JoLIE, 14(2), 57-84. doi: https://doi.org/10.29302/jolie.2021.14.2.4
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[1] This paper is a revised version of the subchapter “The use of tenses in journalese. A contrastive analysis of English and Romanian headlines”, published in Herțeg, C. (2021). The stylistics and semantics of the verb. A case study: The indicative mood. A cross-linguistic approach. Alba Iulia: Editura Aeternitas.