A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres

This study examines the use of words and phrases that signal metaphors in three genres in order to further examine the corpus-based evidence for signaling variation mentioned in previous research. While previous studies have focused on pragmatic functions, discourse functions, and the level of conve...

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Autores: Skorczynska Sznajder, Hanna Teresa|||0000-0001-5640-8900, Ahrens, Kathleen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
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Idioma:inglés
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Signaling
Corpora
Genre
Communication
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
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spelling A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genresSkorczynska Sznajder, Hanna Teresa|||0000-0001-5640-8900Ahrens, KathleenMetaphorSignalingCorporaGenreCommunicationFILOLOGIA INGLESAThis study examines the use of words and phrases that signal metaphors in three genres in order to further examine the corpus-based evidence for signaling variation mentioned in previous research. While previous studies have focused on pragmatic functions, discourse functions, and the level of conventionalization, this study demonstrates that the communicative goals within each genre underlie the reasons for the metaphor signaling. Three corpora of approximately 600,000 words were created for this research, and they were made up of US presidential addresses, popular science articles, and business periodical articles. The corpora were electronically queried for the use of sixteen previously identified metaphor signals in order to obtain comparable quantitative data. The study was complemented by a qualitative analysis of the identified instances of signaled metaphors. We found that three metaphor signal categories copular similes, verbal processes, and modals/conditionals accounted for the large majority of the signals analyzed in the genres. Furthermore, we found that while copular similes and verbal processes signals were used for different rhetorical purposes, depending on the communicative goals of each genre, the conditional signal was always used to foreshadow metaphorically expressed possibilities, regardless of the genre in which it was used.The first author would like to thank Generalitat Valenciana (Spain) for the grant (BEST/2009/243) supporting this research. The second author would like to thank Hong Kong Baptist University for a Faculty Research Grant which supported a portion of this research (FRG/08-09/II-27). Special thanks also go to the second author's project assistant, Ivy Chan Wing Shan, for her assistance with the data analysis in this paper. We are grateful for comments and suggestions received from two anonymous reviewers. All errors are our own responsibility.De GruyterFacultad de Administración y Dirección de EmpresasDepartamento de Lingüística AplicadaGrupo de Análisis de las Lenguas de Especialidad (GALE)Generalitat ValencianaHong Kong Baptist UniversityRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20152015-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/62888reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengGeneralitat Valenciana https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003359 BEST%2F2009%2F243 BEST%2F2009%2F243HKBU HKBU FRG%2F08-09%2FII-27open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/628882026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres
title A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres
spellingShingle A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres
Skorczynska Sznajder, Hanna Teresa|||0000-0001-5640-8900
Metaphor
Signaling
Corpora
Genre
Communication
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
title_short A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres
title_full A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres
title_fullStr A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres
title_full_unstemmed A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres
title_sort A corpus-based analysis of metaphor signaling in three genres
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Skorczynska Sznajder, Hanna Teresa|||0000-0001-5640-8900
Ahrens, Kathleen
author Skorczynska Sznajder, Hanna Teresa|||0000-0001-5640-8900
author_facet Skorczynska Sznajder, Hanna Teresa|||0000-0001-5640-8900
Ahrens, Kathleen
author_role author
author2 Ahrens, Kathleen
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Facultad de Administración y Dirección de Empresas
Departamento de Lingüística Aplicada
Grupo de Análisis de las Lenguas de Especialidad (GALE)
Generalitat Valenciana
Hong Kong Baptist University
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Metaphor
Signaling
Corpora
Genre
Communication
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
topic Metaphor
Signaling
Corpora
Genre
Communication
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
description This study examines the use of words and phrases that signal metaphors in three genres in order to further examine the corpus-based evidence for signaling variation mentioned in previous research. While previous studies have focused on pragmatic functions, discourse functions, and the level of conventionalization, this study demonstrates that the communicative goals within each genre underlie the reasons for the metaphor signaling. Three corpora of approximately 600,000 words were created for this research, and they were made up of US presidential addresses, popular science articles, and business periodical articles. The corpora were electronically queried for the use of sixteen previously identified metaphor signals in order to obtain comparable quantitative data. The study was complemented by a qualitative analysis of the identified instances of signaled metaphors. We found that three metaphor signal categories copular similes, verbal processes, and modals/conditionals accounted for the large majority of the signals analyzed in the genres. Furthermore, we found that while copular similes and verbal processes signals were used for different rhetorical purposes, depending on the communicative goals of each genre, the conditional signal was always used to foreshadow metaphorically expressed possibilities, regardless of the genre in which it was used.
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HKBU HKBU FRG%2F08-09%2FII-27
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