Browsing by Subject "conceptual metaphor"

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    • CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSE 

      Taneva, Kristina; Chervenkova, Zlatka (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2012)
      Linguistic metaphors bear information about culture; they influence thinking and conceptualization of abstract concepts. Metaphors assist in conveying abstract ideas therefore, through the analysis of the educational ...

    • CONCEPTUALIZATION OF SURPRISE IN BULGARIAN AND IN GREEK PHRASEOLOGY 

      Markou, Christina; Papadopoulou, Sotiria (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2017)
      In this paper we investigate the conceptualization of surprise in phraseological units in Bulgarian and Greek language. We focus on the analysis of metaphorical models using cognitive metaphor theory tools. Our findings ...

    • THE ECONOMY AS A SPORT – METAPHORS IN GERMAN PUBLICISTIC TEXTS 

      Taneva, Ivanka (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2019)
      Sport as a metaphor for economy plays an important role in economic articles. The paper analyses metaphors of sport, used by the German media in order to conceptualize the course and the results of economic processes. The ...

    • METAPHORICAL MODELS OF TIME IN BULGARIAN, RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH 

      Chakarova, Juliana (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
      The paper looks into ways of conceptualizing time in Bulgarian, Russian and English. Based on the theory of conceptual metaphor introduced by G. Lakoff and M. Johnson, it offers various metaphorical formulae and provides ...

    • PHRASEOLOGICAL MEANING AS A PHENOMENON PREDETERMINED BY CULTURE 

      Petrova, Anastasia (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2017)
      The present paper examines several phraseological units with the component φρένες, which express concepts of mental or emotional state. The importance of phraseology in the study of in depth penetration of culture into ...