CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN INTERNET ARTICLES CONCERNING CLIMATE CHANGE – A CASE STUDY
Keywords:
conceptual metaphor, internet articles, climate changeAbstract
This paper investigates conceptual metaphors occurring in internet articles. Conceptual metaphors are comprehended as conceptualizing certain entities (target domain) in terms of other entities (source domain). The article focuses on the employment of the metaphors and their possible influence on the recipients of the texts. The material used consists of two articles published on a website “Sustainability Times”, addressing the problem of climate change and its consequences.
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