Project Details
Description
The secondary aim of this project is to investigate the implications of the use of metaphor in our data for existing descriptions and theories of metaphor as a linguistic and cognitive phenomenon.
The method we will employ to identify and analyse metaphor in our data is both qualitative and quantitative. The most innovative aspect of our method is the exploitation of the semantic annotation tool within the software tool Wmatrix, which will enable us to identify metaphorical expressions more systematically than is currently possible with other corpus-based methods for the study of metaphor in large data sets.
| Status | Finished |
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| Effective start/end date | 1/09/12 → 28/06/14 |
Funding
- ESRC: £182,622.00
Projects
- 1 Finished
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ESRC centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science - CASS
Semino, E. (Principal Investigator), Cain, K. (Co-Investigator), Culpeper, J. (Co-Investigator), Culpeper, J. (Co-Investigator), Culpeper, J. (Co-Investigator), Diggle, P. (Co-Investigator), Gregory, I. (Co-Investigator), Hardie, A. (Co-Investigator), Iganski, P. (Co-Investigator), Iganski, P. (Co-Investigator), Ram-Prasad, C. (Co-Investigator), Rayson, P. (Co-Investigator), Urry, J. (Co-Investigator), Germond, B. (Researcher), Baker, P. (Principal Investigator), Young, S. (Co-Investigator), Dunn, N. (Co-Investigator), Berridge, D. (Co-Investigator), McEnery, T. (Co-Investigator), McEnery, T. (Co-Investigator) & Baker, P. (Co-Investigator)
31/03/13 → 30/03/18
Project: Research
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Metaphern am Lebensende: Resilienz als Widerstand oder Akzeptanz
Translated title of the contribution :Metaphors at the end of life: Resilience as resistance or acceptance Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile47 Downloads (Pure) -
Communicating nuanced results in language consultancy: The case of cancer and the Violence metaphor
Demjen, Z. & Semino, E., 1/07/2020, Professional Communication: Consultancy, advocacy, activism . Mullany, L. (ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 191-210 20 p. (Communicating in Professions and Organizations).Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Open AccessFile62 Downloads (Pure) -
Metaphor
Anderson, W. & Semino, E., 2020, The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities. Adolphs, S. & Knight, D. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 125-142 18 p.Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Metaphor, illness and the end of life
Semino, E. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference
Semino, E. (Participant)
30/07/2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Press/Media
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Research on language and cancer reported in New Scientist
15/10/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Research on metaphors for cancer in Swedish newspaper
9/05/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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Research on metaphor for cancer in Huffington Post UK
25/04/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research