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Huang, Kuan-Chung; Tseng, Ming-Yu – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Many studies investigated metaphors in news; however, few of them focused specifically on headlines. By investigating metaphors in 133 collected NBA news headlines written in Chinese, this paper analyzes the creativity in them. Conceptual Metaphor Theory, including conceptual metonymy, is adopted to discuss creative linguistic metaphors and their…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Verbs