35.96, Books: Metaphor use in aphasia: Fu (2023)

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Date: 11-Dec-2023
From: Tessa Arneri [lotdissertations-fgw at uva.nl]
Subject: Metaphor use in aphasia: Fu (2023)


Title: Metaphor use in aphasia
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke
(LOT)
                http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/metaphor-use-in-aphasia

author: Jie Fu
Abstract:

In the conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), one tenant is that metaphors
are ubiquitous in our everyday language. This dissertation tried to
make a thorough investigation into how linguistic metaphors are used
by people with aphasia (PWA). Aphasia is an acquired language disorder
that affects people’s language production and understanding; it can be
divided into two types: non-fluent and fluent, according to the
fluency of sufferers’ speech. Some former studies have revealed
deficiencies of certain word classes produced by these two groups of
PWA. Apart from linguistic metaphors, the metaphor use in aphasia can
be also discussed under the scope of CMT: in people’s speech about
aphasia, aphasia treatment, and rehabilitation, we can find conceptual
metaphors and analyse them in to see how aphasia is conceptualized in
discourse. The overall research goal of this dissertation is to
examine how metaphors are used in aphasia from two perspectives:
linguistic and conceptual.

Results have shown features of PWA’s production of linguistic
metaphors in some word classes; in some word classes, metaphor
distribution is not balanced in different types of aphasia. By
analysing the interaction between metaphor, word class, and
participant group in English and Mandarin data, we can have a deeper
understanding of metaphor use by PWA. As for the analysis of
metaphorical framings about aphasia and aphasia recovery, it can be
helpful for practitioners and family caregivers to communicate with
PWA in the rehabilitation process. Moreover, metaphorical framings on
aphasia can shape how we think about aphasia and PWA.

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)



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