'DAS LEBEN (DES MC) IST KRIEG':EINBETTUNGEN EINER KONZEPTUELLEN METAPHER DES TEXTGENRES ‘RAP’ IN ZWEI DIVERGIERENDE KULTURELLE KONTEXTE

• Authors: Ulrike Schröder

Title variants

EN

THE (MC’S) LIFE IS WAR’: WAYS OF EMBEDDING A CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR OF THE ‘RAP’ TEXT-GENRE IN TWO DIVERGENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper focuses on the differences in the use of the conceptual metaphor (RAPPER’S) LIFE IS WAR in German and Brazilian rap lyrics based on the analysis of 150 German and 150 Brazilian rap lyrics. The results reveal crucial differences concerning the mapping of the adversary in both corpora. We will also show that the differences point to divergent discourse contexts, speech act types and speech functions in which each cultural rap style is embedded.

Keywords

EN

culture; rap lyrics; speech act; speech functions

• Publisher: Inter Litteras Research Centre, STEFAN CEL MARE University, Suceava, Romania; STEFAN CEL MARE Publishing House
• Journal: Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors: Researches into Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 219-256

Contributors

author

Ulrike Schröder

• Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil