<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper attempts to carry out an analysis of metaphors in a corpus of legal documents, within the theoretical framework of the cognitive metaphor theory as conceived by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_rjes-2016-0018_ref_004_w2aab2b8c38b1b7b1ab1ab4Aa">Lakoff and Johnson (1980)</xref>. There is a notable use of conceptual metaphors and framings in the law we live by which, undoubtedly, have a major impact on the way millions of people in the world act and react in their attempt of decoding legal messages. Since metaphors are basically cognitive constructs, their meaning can be grasped only through a process of transfer of significance from a source domain to a target one, leading thus, to an interpretation of the legal discourse.</p></abstract>

This paper attempts to carry out an analysis of metaphors in a corpus of legal documents, within the theoretical framework of the cognitive metaphor theory as conceived by Lakoff and Johnson (1980). There is a notable use of conceptual metaphors and framings in the law we live by which, undoubtedly, have a major impact on the way millions of people in the world act and react in their attempt of decoding legal messages. Since metaphors are basically cognitive constructs, their meaning can be grasped only through a process of transfer of significance from a source domain to a target one, leading thus, to an interpretation of the legal discourse.

The Role of Personifying Metaphors in English and Romanian Legal Texts

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This paper attempts to carry out an analysis of metaphors in a corpus of legal documents, within the theoretical framework of the cognitive metaphor theory as...

The Role of Personifying Metaphors in English and Romanian Legal Texts

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 145 - 153

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0018

Keywords
legal discourse, cognitive metaphors

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Role of Personifying Metaphors in English and Romanian Legal Texts

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 145 - 153

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0018

Keywordslegal discourse, cognitive metaphors

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
legal discourse, cognitive metaphors