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<p>The aim of the paper is to identify similarities and differences in terms of the metaphors used to present the COVID-19 crisis in Romanian and US articles. The paper is structured in two parts – a theoretical and a practical one. The theoretical framework presents metaphors from the cognitive linguistic perspective as a way to understand and explain reality, metaphors playing a major part in human thinking. They are approached in the paper as a subjective way of presenting reality, being indicative of cultural differences. The practical part analyses thirteen Romanian and US articles taken from broadsheet newspapers, focusing on three areas – the presentation of the virus, people’s reaction to it, and the vaccine – in order to see the types of metaphors and the source domains used.</p>
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The aim of the paper is to identify similarities and differences in terms of the metaphors used to present the COVID-19 crisis in Romanian and US articles. The paper is structured in two parts – a theoretical and a practical one. The theoretical framework presents metaphors from the cognitive linguistic perspective as a way to understand and explain reality, metaphors playing a major part in human thinking. They are approached in the paper as a subjective way of presenting reality, being indicative of cultural differences. The practical part analyses thirteen Romanian and US articles taken from broadsheet newspapers, focusing on three areas – the presentation of the virus, people’s reaction to it, and the vaccine – in order to see the types of metaphors and the source domains used.

Metaphors in Crisis (On COVID-19 in Romanian and US Articles)

Department of Literature and Cultural Studies

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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The aim of the paper is to identify similarities and differences in terms of the metaphors used to present the COVID-19 crisis in Romanian and US articles. The...

Metaphors in Crisis (On COVID-19 in Romanian and US Articles)

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 112 - 129

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2021-0016

Keywords
metaphor, cognitive linguistics, mapping, newspaper articles

© 2021 Gabriela Chefneux, published by Sciendo

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

Metaphors in Crisis (On COVID-19 in Romanian and US Articles)

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 112 - 129

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2021-0016

Keywordsmetaphor, cognitive linguistics, mapping, newspaper articles

© 2021 Gabriela Chefneux, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
metaphor, cognitive linguistics, mapping, newspaper articles