Metaphor Production in EFL Master's Dissertations at Mouloud Mammeri University :A Corpus-Based Study
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2018
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
The present study is an investigation of Metaphor Production in some master dissertations at
the Department of English of Mouloud Mammeri University. Its main aim is to find out the
frequency of metaphors’ use by literature and linguistics students. It also attempts to unveil
the three dominant metaphors produced and check whether the linguistic context influences
metaphor production. To achieve these goals we have adopted the Metaphor Identification
Procedure(MIP) method to identify and collect the metaphors produced by students and to
construct the corpus. The corpus of this research includes ten (10) dissertations from
literature and linguistics disciplines submitted in 2017 at the Department of English of
Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou. Thecollected data consist of a total of 680
metaphorical linguistic expressions.The results of thisinvestigation showthat master students
extensively produce metaphors in writing their academic works. They also reveal that the
basic level metaphors “IDEAS ARE PEOPLE”, “IDEAS ARE OBJECTS” and “THEORIES
ARE BUILDINGS” are the three most produced metaphorsin the two
disciplines.Furthermore, the findings also indicate that the linguistic context has an influence
on the production of metaphors.
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48p.:ill;30cm.(+cd)
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Master Dissertations, Metaphor Production, Conceptual Metaphors, Metaphorical Linguistic Expressions, MIP Method, Quantitative Analysis, Qualitative .Analysis.
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language and communication