Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemic

The dataset that supports the findings of this study are archived in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid data repository e‐cienciaDatos in https://doi.org/10.21950/DQ2SOY

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Autores: Romano Mozo, Manuela, Cuenca, Maria Josep
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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non-equivalent approach
Covid-19 discourse
Filología
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spelling Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemicRomano Mozo, ManuelaCuenca, Maria Josepsimiles vs. metaphorsnon-equivalent approachCovid-19 discourseFilologíaThe dataset that supports the findings of this study are archived in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid data repository e‐cienciaDatos in https://doi.org/10.21950/DQ2SOYThis paper aims at putting to the test the non-equivalent approach to metaphor and simile, that is, the belief that both mechanisms are not just variants of the same analogical process but display significant differences. After reviewing the main contributions to the non-equivalence approach, we present a case study that compares the use of similes and corresponding metaphors deployed by Spanish digital media to communicate Covid-19 from February 2020 to February 2022. The corpus includes constructions with the word virus/coronavirus as a target both in simile form (94 examples, 76 sources for ‘(corona)virus is like X’) and in metaphor form (225 examples, 35 sources for ‘(corona)virus is X’). A first analysis of the sources concludes that less than half of the simile sources have been found in metaphor construction, and that their conceptual nature also differs; simile sources being more specific than metaphor ones. A second analysis shows differences in mappings, highlighted by a more frequent inclusion of elaborations in simile constructions; the main determining variable being the more apt/conventional or creative nature of the sources. The general conclusions of the case study coincide with previous psycholinguistic and cognitive work giving evidence for the non-equivalent approach to both figures. Even if the results must be viewed as tendencies, there are significant differences in the use of similes and corresponding metaphors, with cases that can only be accounted for at the simile-metaphor interfaceThis study has been carried out under the research project “Polarization and Digital Discourses: Critical and Socio-Cognitive perspectives” (PODDS, PID2020-119102RBI00), funded by the Spanish Ministry for Science and InnovationDe Gruyter MoutonDepartamento de Filología InglesaFacultad de Filosofía y Letras20242024-01-01book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/719356https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783111001364-002reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7193562026-06-23T12:46:27Z
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title Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemic
spellingShingle Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemic
Romano Mozo, Manuela
similes vs. metaphors
non-equivalent approach
Covid-19 discourse
Filología
title_short Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemic
title_full Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemic
title_sort Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualization of Covid-19 pandemic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romano Mozo, Manuela
Cuenca, Maria Josep
author Romano Mozo, Manuela
author_facet Romano Mozo, Manuela
Cuenca, Maria Josep
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Filología Inglesa
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv similes vs. metaphors
non-equivalent approach
Covid-19 discourse
Filología
topic similes vs. metaphors
non-equivalent approach
Covid-19 discourse
Filología
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