A corpus-based investigation into the use of metaphor in British business journalism

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L’article présente une analyse de la nature des métaphores récurrentes dans le discours journalistique des affaires. L’analyse est conduite principalement à partir d’un corpus de textes. À la lumière des résultats observés, on tente une comparaison entre deux importantes théories modernes de la métaphore : pragmatique et cognitive. La méthode utilisée pour cette analyse paraît productive, ou pourra l’étendre à l’étude de nombreux aspects lexicaux de genres particuliers.In this paper, the author presents a (principally) corpus-based analysis of the nature of the systematic metaphors employed in business journalism. In the light of the results of this analysis, a comparison of two influential modern theories of metaphor — the pragmatic and the cognitivist — is attempted. The suggestion is made that the methodology used in the analysis is productive, i.e., can be used to study many of the lexical aspects of genre.

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Partington, A. (2013). A corpus-based investigation into the use of metaphor in British business journalism. ASp, 710, 25–39. https://doi.org/10.4000/asp.3718

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