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Schmidt, Torben. 2004. Cutting the Russian Bear down to size on the graveyard of champions: An analysis of the metaphors used in the 2002 Official Wimbledon film. Metaphorik.de 7 : 76–104. 29 pp.

Abstract

The present paper aims to discuss the main metaphor theories within Linguistics as the basis for the analysis of the recurrent usage of metaphors in the 2002 Official Wimbledon Film - a report that summarizes the entire tournament -. The three theoretical frameworks distinguished are the following: (i) Max Black's (1962, 1979) Interaction Theory, which defines metaphors as "an interaction of two thoughts" (Ivor Richard, 1936); (ii) Lakoff and Johnson's (1980) 'Metaphors we live by', according to which language is metaphorical in nature; and finally (iii) Weinrich's (1958, 1963) Image fields, i.e. a study of metaphors situated within larger domains. The rest of the paper is devoted to the quantitative and qualitative analysis of image donor fields such as: war, military, religion, bible, nature, animals, etc. that are to be found in the 2002 Official Wimbledon Film. (Alba Luzondo Oyón, Ruiz de Mendoza Group)