Earthquakes and epidemics: the use of metaphors in the Spanish economic press

Authors

  • Ismael Ramos Ruiz Université Paris Cité

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/revtechno.v14.4830

Keywords:

Conceptual Metaphor, Corpus Linguistics, Economic Press, Natural disasters, Natural phenomena, Phraseology, Spanish Press

Abstract

Metaphor is one of the most used linguistic resources in economic journalistic discourse. In addition to metaphors about health and medicine, metaphors of natural phenomena are very frequent. Therefore, the objective of this study is to find out what terms about natural phenomena appear in the economic journalistic discourse and what lexical combinations they form. Likewise, the relationship between the conceptual domain of medicine and natural phenomena in the economic journalistic discourse is analyzed.

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2023-03-01

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Ramos Ruiz, I. (2023). Earthquakes and epidemics: the use of metaphors in the Spanish economic press. TECHNO REVIEW. International Technology, Science and Society Review /Revista Internacional De Tecnología, Ciencia Y Sociedad, 14(4), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.37467/revtechno.v14.4830

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Vol. 14 No. 4 (2023): Monograph: "Journalism and its updating formulas"

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