Death in Metaphorical Language

Detecting Metaphorical Phrases in the Polish Language

In this paper we describe experiments with automated detection of metaphors in the Polish language. We focus our analysis on noun phrases composed of an adjective and a noun, and distinguish three types of expressions: with literal sense, with metaphorical sense, and expressions both literal and methaphorical (context-dependent). We propose a method of automatically recognizing expression type ...

The Role of Metaphorical Language in the Critical Discourse Analysis of Western Political Texts

The present study was carried out with the purpose of examining the role of metaphorical language in the critical discourse analysis (CDA) of political texts based on the CDA framework and attitudinal model of appraisal theory. According to CDA, the categories of deception, power relations, manipulation, authority, legitimation, and ideology were considered in the analysis of the texts an...

The Quantum of Language: A Metaphorical View of Mind Dimension

In this article, we are focusing on metaphor of mental states examining hidden dimension of the human mind and its interaction with a world. Our natural language research methodology were included constructing a database of metaphorical stimuli, randomly presenting these to participants, and tabulating FAE responses both by participant and by the stimulus, analyzed by frequency of semantic type...

METAPHORICAL INDICES: Presenting context in discourse through metaphorical expressions

The purpose of this article is to present a study of metaphorical expressions in the Swedish forest-discourse, and thereby, to demonstrate a special function of metaphorical constructions in discourse, that is, to indicate contexts relevant to ongoing discourse. Traditionally, theorizing about metaphorical expressions has lacked considerations of discourse processes and temporary contexts, and,...

Language Shapes Mental Representations of Musical Pitch: Implications for Metaphorical Language Processing