Applying Cognitive Approaches to Study Metaphor Translation in Economic Press Articles

Daniela Dălălău

doi:10.2478/amph-2022-0036

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Applying Cognitive Approaches to Study Metaphor Translation in Economic Press Articles

Acta Marisiensis. Philologia

Volume 2 (2020): Issue 1 (September 2020)

By: Daniela Dălălău

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|Feb 2023

Abstract

The purpose of the present paper is twofold - first to highlight the shift of attention from linguistic towards cognitive approaches to metaphor translation within Translation Studies and then to use the procedures advanced within the cognitive framework to analyse a specialised corpus of economic and financial press articles published in The Economist.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0036 | Journal eISSN: 2668-9596

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 8

Published online: Feb 1, 2023

Published in print: Sep 1, 2020

Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures

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Keywords:

conceptual metaphor,

metaphorical expression,

metaphor translation,

Related subjects:

Linguistics and semiotics,

Other languages of Europe,

Latin,

Literary studies,

Literary studies, general

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