Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen

Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen

The purpose of this study is to find and analyse conceptual metaphors in the lyrics, A Thousand Kissed Deep, Here It Is, and Boogie Street from the album Ten New Songs (2001) by Leonard Cohen using Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). In order to detected the conceptual metaphors, the source and target...

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Main Author: Johansson, Anna
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier 2016
Subjects:
Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Lexical expression
LOVE
LIFE
DEATH
Ten New Songs
Leonard Cohen
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-umu-1254002018-01-11T05:11:17ZConceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard CohenengJohansson, AnnaUmeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier2016Conceptual Metaphor TheoryLexical expressionLOVELIFEDEATHTen New SongsLeonard CohenGeneral Language Studies and LinguisticsJämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistikThe purpose of this study is to find and analyse conceptual metaphors in the lyrics, A Thousand Kissed Deep, Here It Is, and Boogie Street from the album Ten New Songs (2001) by Leonard Cohen using Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). In order to detected the conceptual metaphors, the source and target domains were identified. Conceptual metaphors were found by mapping source domains onto target domains and viewing the lexical expressions in the lyrics. The result and analysis of the findings in this study show that linguistic expressions of LOVE, LIFE and DEATH are conceptually present in the lyrics. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-125400application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language English
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topic Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Lexical expression
LOVE
LIFE
DEATH
Ten New Songs
Leonard Cohen
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik
spellingShingle Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Lexical expression
LOVE
LIFE
DEATH
Ten New Songs
Leonard Cohen
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik
Johansson, Anna
Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
description The purpose of this study is to find and analyse conceptual metaphors in the lyrics, A Thousand Kissed Deep, Here It Is, and Boogie Street from the album Ten New Songs (2001) by Leonard Cohen using Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). In order to detected the conceptual metaphors, the source and target domains were identified. Conceptual metaphors were found by mapping source domains onto target domains and viewing the lexical expressions in the lyrics. The result and analysis of the findings in this study show that linguistic expressions of LOVE, LIFE and DEATH are conceptually present in the lyrics.
author Johansson, Anna
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title Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
title_short Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
title_full Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
title_fullStr Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
title_full_unstemmed Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
title_sort conceptual metaphors in lyrics by leonard cohen
publisher Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier
publishDate 2016
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