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Publication details [#38931]

Schäffner, Christina. 2004. Metaphor and translation: some implications of a cognitive approach. Journal of Pragmatics 36 (7) : 1253–1269.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cognition | metaphor | political language | translation

Language as a subject

English | German

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper examines how a cognitive approach to metaphors affects translation theory and practice. Illustrations are drawn from authentic political source and target texts in English and German.