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A Corpus based comparative study of conceptual metaphor in master dissertations in different disciplinary and cultural contexts
(University of Oum El Bouaghi, 2023) Abeoub, Malika; Melgani, Haroun
Metaphor studies has taken an absolutely new look ever since it has been treated as a cognitive and cultural phenomenon rather than a solely linguistic one. Adding to the increasing body of research in this area, the present study aims to examine the effect of cultural and linguistic contexts(disciplines) on the type and frequency of metaphors used in master dissertations based on corpus analysis methods. For the sake of achieving this aim, the current comparative study makes use of the corpus analysis toolkit "AntConc" in analysing metaphorical language in a corpus collection of 80 Algerian and American master dissertations in the academic fields of English Literature, TEFL, and TESOL. The results obtained showed that the metaphors retrieved from the corpus revealed more similarities than differences especially concerning cultural aspects. Nevertheless, some particular uses were found that were mainly related to disciplines specificities and cultural differences. Finally, this work can be of great benefit given that it drew both teachers and students attention to the importance of integrating metaphors in foreign language teaching and learning.