Publication Date:
2017
Short description:
Metaphors in Travel Journalism / Pinna, Antonio; Brett, David; Cattari, Carla. - (2017).
abstract:
This paper examines the use of conceptual metaphors in the language of tourism. The
methodology adopted is corpus-based: a corpus of travel journalism was annotated for semantic
category and then compared with a reference corpus. Observation of the key semantic domains
revealed a large number of instances of three conceptual metaphors: travel is escape, travel is
discovery and travel is magic. These conceptual metaphors are discussed both in terms of their
pragmatic uses and in relation to a multi-level view of conceptual metaphors.
methodology adopted is corpus-based: a corpus of travel journalism was annotated for semantic
category and then compared with a reference corpus. Observation of the key semantic domains
revealed a large number of instances of three conceptual metaphors: travel is escape, travel is
discovery and travel is magic. These conceptual metaphors are discussed both in terms of their
pragmatic uses and in relation to a multi-level view of conceptual metaphors.
Iris type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
Metaphor, Travel Journalism, Tourism Studies
List of contributors:
Pinna, Antonio; Brett, David; Cattari, Carla
Book title:
Sistema Integrat del Paisatge entre Antropitzaciò, Geo-Economia, Mediambient i Desenvolupament Econòmic - Sistema Integrato del Paesaggio tra Antropizzazione, Geo-Economia, Ambiente e Sviluppo