Metaphor matters

Authors

  • Mette Skovgaard Andersen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v13i24.25569

Abstract

The present article is intended as a contribution to the discussion of one of the most neg-lected themes in metaphor-research, i.e. the translation of metaphors in LSP-texts. It reports a pair of corpus space analyses, which were conducted as part of my Ph.D.-the-sis about translators’ metaphor-competence. The article takes as its starting-point the notion of context-dependent identification criteria in abstract themes such as business cycles and ends with the suggestion that we as researchers of translation should perhaps approach the problem from a more cotext-oriented point of view.

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Published

2000-02-22

How to Cite

Andersen, M. S. (2000). Metaphor matters. HERMES - Journal of Language and Communication in Business, 13(24), 57–80. https://doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v13i24.25569

Issue

No. 24 (2000)

Section

THEMATIC SECTION: Metaphors in specialised language

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