Migrating across times and cultures : metaphorical images of migration in the U.S. and Italian newspaper discourse between 20th and 21st century / Dario Del Fante.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Del Fante, Dario, author.

Series:

Linguistic insights ; v. 312.

Linguistic insights : Studies in language and communication 1424-8689 ; volume 312

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian newspapers--History--20th century.

Italian newspapers--History--21st century.

Emigration and immigration--Press coverage.

Italian language--Discourse analysis.

Metaphor.

Corpora (Linguistics).

metaphor.

Physical Description:

314 pages, 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lausanne, Switzerland ; New York : Peter Lang Group AG, [2024]

Summary:

"This book is strongly related to two essential features of human life: migratory movements and metaphors. Migratory movements can be undoubtedly defined as an enduring characteristic of our global history. As history and literature, from the Homeric poems to the Bible, testify, migration is an inherent feature of humanity. Metaphor is more than a linguistic and stylistic phenomenon; it is primarily a feature of human language ability. Considering that metaphors are one of the means through which people organize their experience of life and that newspapers considerably influence people's perspectives on reality and opinions, by analysing the metaphorical representation of migrants in newspapers we might define, to some extent, how people perceive, think of and ultimately experience migration"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Del Fante, Dario. Migrating across times and cultures

ISBN:

9783034346597

303434659X

OCLC:

1425246908

Publisher Number:

90100983597