“Metaphors Spanish Speakers Live By”

Speaker

Professor Iraide Ibarratxe-Atuñano Universidad de Zaragoza, Sbaen/Spain

From: 3 Jun 2021, 5 p.m.
To: 3 Jun 2021, 6 p.m.
Location: Online Event - Please see description

Swansea University’s Centre for the Comparative Study of Portugal, Spain and the Americas (CEPSAM) invites you to join a new seminar series organised by current postgraduate students at Swansea University.

Centre for the Comparative Study of Portugal, Spain and the Americas
(CEPSAM)

Thursday 3 June 2021, 5 pm
Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/ex8czwdx

Metaphors Spanish speakers live by
Prof Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano
(Universidad de Zaragoza)

Metaphors are much more than simple figures of speech to embellish our literary texts. They are powerful cognitive mechanisms that allow us to think about one concept by means of another. Humans shared the potential for metaphorical thinking because metaphors are grounded in our bodies and in our interaction with the world around us. However, to what extent do speakers of different languages share the same metaphors? Join me in this tour around the basic tenets of conceptual metaphor theory to find out how speakers of L1 and L2 Spanish deal with metaphor in their everyday life.

All welcome!
Coordination: CEPSAM PGR Committee cepsam.pgrevents@swansea.ac.uk

Website: https://tinyurl.com/ex8czwdx

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