Original scientific article
E-mail: rbenczes@yahoo.com
Loránd Eötvös University, English Linguistics PhD Program, Budapest
Abstract: In the past two decades, numerous studies have been written on the successful application
of metaphor, metonymy and blending in the analysis of idiomatic expressions
which traditional linguistic liter...
Original scientific article
E-mail: sanja.berberovic@untz.ba
Sveučilište u Tuzli
Abstract: The paper examines the use of creative figurative language in American political discourse. In particular, the paper focuses on the use of the expression to play the race card and the creative figurat...
Original scientific article
E-mail: sanja.berberovic@untz.ba
University of Tuzla
University of Tuzla
Abstract: Applying conceptual blending theory, the paper analyses the construction of the meaning of a satirical text ridiculing the language employed by politicians to frame the debate on current political and...