Conceptual metaphors in House M.D.

• Authors: Cichmińska Monika , Topolewska Marta

Title variants

PL

Metafory konceptualne w serialu Dr House

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present paper is to analyse the conceptual metaphors in the language of medicine in the American television medical drama House M.D. The article deals with two problems: first, which of the instances of the metaphorical language of medicine, health, illness and treatment are applied by the doctors of the series, and secondly, to what extent those metaphors are commonly used in the language of medicine and in the general English.

Keywords

EN

conceptual metaphor; medicine; health; disease

PL

metafora konceptualna; medycyna; zdrowie; choroba

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Prace Językoznawcze
• Year: 2010
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 65-76

Contributors

author

Cichmińska Monika

• Olsztyn

author

Topolewska Marta

• Olsztyn