John Heywood, Elena Semino, Mick Short
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Using a semantic annotation tool for the analysis of metaphor in discourse. (2008)
Koller, Veronika, Hardie, Andrew, Rayson, Paul, Semino, Elena
This paper describes the application of semantic annotation software for analysing metaphor in corpora of different genres. In particular, we outline three projects analysing RELIGION and POLITICS...
Mick Short, Elena Semino, Martin Wynne
Revisiting the notion of faithfulness in discourse presentation using a corpus approach
MIP : a method for identifying metaphorically used words in discourse. (2007)
Pragglejaz, Group, Semino, Elena
This article presents an explicit method that can be reliably employed to identify metaphorically used words in discourse. Our aim is to provide metaphor scholars with a tool that may be flexibly...
'Mind style 25 years on'. (2007)
In this article I show how work on mind style over the last 25 years has built on the account provided by Leech and Short in Style in Fiction. I begin by pointing out the central role of “fictional...
Blending and characters' mental functioning in Virginia Woolf's Lappin and Lapinova. (2006)
In this article I apply Fauconnier and Turner's (2002) theory of conceptual integration, or blending, to the analysis of a central aspect of the main characters’ mental lives in Virginia Woolf's...
The Lancaster Speech, Writing and Thought Presentation Spoken Corpus (2005)
Short, Mick, Semino, Elena, McEnery, Tony, Heywood, John, McIntyre, Dan
The four major objectives of the project were: i) to establish an electronic corpus of (a) conversations, from the British National Corpus (BNC) and (b) oral narratives, from Lancaster's Centre for...
The metaphorical construction of complex domains: the case of speech activity in English (2005)
In this article I provide an account of the way in which the domain of spoken communication is metaphorically constructed in English, on the basis of the analysis of over 450 metaphorical references...
The metaphorical construction of complex domains: the case of speech activity in English. (2005)
In this article I provide an account of the way in which the domain of spoken communication is metaphorically constructed in English, on the basis of the analysis of over 450 metaphorical references...
Methodological problems in the analysis of a corpus of conversations about cancer. (2004)
Semino, Elena, Heywood, J., Short, M. H.
In this paper, we discuss a number of methodological problems we have encountered in identifying and analysing metaphors in a corpus of conversations about cancer. These problems relate particularly...
Methodological problems in the analysis of a corpus of conversations about cancer. (2004)
Semino, Elena, Heywood, J., Short, M. H.
In this paper, we discuss a number of methodological problems we have encountered in identifying and analysing metaphors in a corpus of conversations about cancer. These problems relate particularly...
Corpus stylistics: speech, writing and thought presentation in a corpus of English writing. (2004)
This book represents a new direction at the interface between the fields of stylistics and corpus linguistics, namely the use of a corpus methodology to investigate the ways in which people's words...
Revisiting the notion of faithfulness in discourse presentation using a corpus approach. (2002)
Short, M. H., Semino, Elena, Wynne, M.
A number of recent studies have argued that the notion of faithfulness to an original should be abandoned in models of discourse presentation, and particularly in accounts of direct speech...
Linguistic metaphor identification in two extracts from novels. (2002)
Heywood, J., Semino, Elena, Short, M. H.
This article examines a series of issues involved in identifying metaphors in texts. Metaphor identification is, in turn, a fundamental part of the more complex issue of how to relate linguistic...
Linguistic metaphor identification in two extracts from novels. (2002)
Heywood, J., Semino, Elena, Short, M. H.
This article examines a series of issues involved in identifying metaphors in texts. Metaphor identification is, in turn, a fundamental part of the more complex issue of how to relate linguistic...
In this article I present an analysis of the metaphors used in relation to the European single currency—the euro—in a selection of British and Italian newspapers published around the time of the...
Cognitive stylistics: language and cognition in text analysis. (2002)
Semino, Elena, Culpeper, Jonathan
This book represents the state of the art in cognitive stylistics a rapidly expanding field at the interface between linguistics, literary studies and cognitive science. The twelve chapters combine...
Constructing witches and spells: speech acts and activity types in early modern England. (2000)
Culpeper, Jonathan, Semino, Elena
In this paper, we highlight the centrality of verbs relating to verbal activities in witchcraft narratives in the Early Modern English period, and focus on speech act verbs used to refer to witches'...
Constructing witches and spells: speech acts and activity types in early modern England (2000)
Culpeper, Jonathan, Semino, Elena
In this paper, we highlight the centrality of verbs relating to verbal activities in witchcraft narratives in the Early Modern English period, and focus on speech act verbs used to refer to witches'...
Constructing witches and spells : speech acts and activity types in early modern England. (2000)
Culpeper, Jonathan, Semino, Elena
In this paper, we highlight the centrality of verbs relating to verbal activities in witchcraft narratives in the Early Modern English period, and focus on speech act verbs used to refer to witches'...
Using a corpus to test a model of speech and thought presentation. (1997)
Semino, Elena, Short, Mick, Culpeper, Jonathan
This paper reports on a text-based empirical project aimed at testing and refining Leech and Short's (1981) model of speech and thought presentation. A balanced British English corpus consisting of...
Politics is football : metaphor in the discourse of Silvio Berlusconi in Italy. (1996)
In this paper we examine the use of a set of recurring metaphors in the discourse of Silvio Berlusconi, the media tycoon who became Italy's Prime Minister in 1994. We focus specifically on metaphors...
Schema theory and the analysis of text worlds in poetry. (1995)
This article demonstrates an approach to the study of text worlds in poetry based on the theory of background knowledge and comprehension generally known as schema theory. It is argued that such an...
Poems, schemata and possible worlds : text worlds in the analysis of poetry. (1994)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Lancaster, 1994.