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Grammatical Metaphor/Metonymy in the Treaty Establishing A Constitution for Europe: A Comparison between the English and Swedish Versions
(2006-09-15)
In order to investigate the use of grammatical metaphor in comparable English and Swedish texts, the English and Swedish versions of the proposed Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe were analysed. Results show ...
Justified Pride? Metaphors of the Word Pride in English Language Corpora, 1418–1991
(2006-09-14)
This article deals with the words pride, proud and proudly in a cognitive linguistic framework, addressing the questions: (1) What causes pride? (2) Which other concepts are associated with pride? (3) What are people’s ...
Introduction: Literature as Communication
(Unipub, 2007-12)
“Words are more or less superfluous”: the Case of more or less in Academic Lingua Franca English
(Gothenburg University, 2006-12)
In the past fifty years, English has turned into the leading language of international communication. Despite its well-established status as a global lingua franca, there is a lack of descriptive research on how people ...
English as a Lingua Franca: A New Variety in the New Expanding Circle?
(2006-12)
The traditional tripartite model of English world-wide has so far ignored one of the most important functions of English today, namely that of a lingua franca between non-native speakers. In integrating ELF into models ...
The Creative Use of Idioms in Advertising
(2006-09-14)
This paper is concerned with the cognitive mechanisms involved in the creative exploitation of idiomatic expressions in advertisements. In line with Grady et al. (1999), the analysis is based on the complementing theories ...
Plain Tales from the Hills as Emergent Literature
(Unipub, 2007-12)
"Underplayed Rivalry": Patronage and the Marlovian Subtext of Summer's Last Will and Testament
(Uni-pub, Norway (hard copy), 2005-12)
Per Sivefors’s article addresses the issue of Nashe and authorship from the angle of imitation and literary competition. Arguing that Thomas Nashe imitated Marlowe in his only surviving play, Summer’s Last Will and Testament, ...