PDF-Construing the world: conceptual metaphors and event- construal in news stories

This paper is concerned with conceptual metaphors and eventconstrual in newspaper language Eventconstrual is defined as. Basic concepts and assumptions. B. y the use of metaphors the ability to understand and to express in language the experience of the world unbelievably increases. .. . . B. y the use of metaphors the ability to understand and to express in language the experience of the world unbelievably increases. Bill O’Hanlon. Bill O’Hanlon, M.S., LMFT. For a downloadable copy of these slides, visit:. BillOHanlon.com. Click Free Stuff. Then click Slides. The slides will be up for about a month after this presentation. Simile. : . a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. . A simile always uses the words . like. or . as. to make a comparison. . Examples: . It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles . in . second. . language. . acquisition. . research. Vera . Menezes. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). teaching. Zoltán. . Kövecses. Eötvös. . Loránd. University, . Budapest. Key . notions. SYSTEMATICITY. MOTIVATION. THEORETICAL EXPLICITNESS. COHERENCE. CULTURAL EMBEDDEDNESS. SALIENCE. CREATIVITY. How to do research in this new era. By: Tanya Phillips, RBSS. Remember this…... http://time.com/4485710/sugar-industry-heart-disease-research/. Harvard’s School of Public health, skewed research to minimize the effect of sugar on heart disease and point the finger toward cholesterol and fat.. All the tiny pieces make a beautiful big picture.... WHAT IS A NEWS PRODUCER?. If a newscast is a body:. The anchors are the face. The reporters are the arms and legs. The producer is the brain . The producer decides what the audience gets to watch. Finding news articles from different countries for the Comparative Periodical Review. Same event, different perspectives. Same event, different perspectives. Brainstorm…. What are some reasons why the governments and/or people of different countries would disagree about a social issue?. impact, timeliness, prominence, proximity, bizarreness, conflict, . currency. Impact. The number of people whose lives will be influenced in some way by the subject of the story. For instance, a bakery strike may have less impact than a postal strike.. T. imeliness/ . I. mmediacy. News is what is happening NOW. If it happened last month or last year, it’s not news anymore; it’s history. . Often, the most newsworthy element in the story is the most recent happening, the latest occurrence that relates to the news event.. New Internationalist Easier English . Ready Upper Intermediate Lesson. Lesson objectives. :. Speaking: practise discussing world news and relative importance of news stories. Lexis: develop vocabulary in context. What is a metaphor?. A metaphor is a LOT like a simile. So, what is the difference?. A metaphor . does not. use . LIKE. or . AS. to make comparisons. But they still compare…. So, what does a metaphor look like?. Handout One of the best known lists of news values was drawn up by media researchers Johan Galtung and Marie Holmboe Ruge. They analysed international news stories to find out what factors they had EXAMPLE 2: Descriptive Lead (Nut graph in italics) Michael Gary Lee never knew a stranger. That's because the late Ball State University graduate student was a "real people person" during his lifelon