Visualization of metaphorical links between “plants” and “life”
Monday, August 31
- How does metaphor affect our world?
- Language games. Submit under Category “Assignment 1”
- or Wednesday, read Hofstede Chapter 1 (3-16)
Metaphors in Old English–links between the semantic realms of “plants” and “life”
Metaphors in Modern English-links between “plants” and “life”
If you have time in class, explore also http://mappingmetaphor.arts.gla.ac.uk/metaphor-in-english/ which claims to have mapped all metaphorical uses in the English language. See whether the example you blogged about map onto this linguistic schema. The visualization on this page is one I created using the domains of life and vegetation, where life is the target domain and vegetation the source domain.
Wednesday, Sept. 2
- Discuss Hofstede, 3-16
- For Friday, read Hofstede 17-27
Friday, Sept. 4
- Discuss Hofstede Culture Shock
- For Monday, Assignment Two “Culture Shock” Submit under category “Assignment Two”
- Read Hofstede 40-61