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Author:	Dominik Doeppert
Title:	Conceptual Metaphor Theory In The Beatles' Lyrics
Subtitle:	Metaphors As Cognitive Phenomena
Publisher:	Grin Publishing
Country:	Germany
Date:	23 Sep 2015
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Literature
ISBN-13:	9783668029170
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34 pages. Book dimensions: ‎14.81 cms x 0.2 cms x 21.01 cms.

A seminar paper from 2015 in the subject of English Language and Literature Studies - Theories and Methods in Modern English Linguistics, University of Augsburg.

Introduction to the book from the publisher's website (www link as at 6 April 2022):

Most people consider metaphors to be merely linguistic devises that are used for poetic purposes. A standard dictionary definition of metaphor is quite similar. The Oxford Dictionary defines metaphor as “a word or phrase used to describe sb/sth else […]” (2005). This definition falls in line with a layman’s notion of metaphors being purely linguistic with the sole purpose of functioning as decorative features. However, metaphors go much deeper than that. Metaphors are in fact fundamental components of human cognition that are not just linguistic but conceptual in nature. Through metaphors, patterns of thought in a society are encoded and shared.

So in order to show that metaphors share patterns of thought in a society, songs of the Beatles shall be examined, seeing as the Beatles are one the most popular and successful bands of our time with fans from all around the world. The metaphors used in the Beatles’ songs are not merely figures of speech or stylistic devises, but cognitive phenomena that share patterns of thought in a society. The Beatles songs are a great medium to help prove that conceptual systems play a paramount role in establishing our everyday realities because of they are so widely popular. This paper seeks to show that Lakoff’s and Johnson’s notion of metaphors representing a way of thinking, as made popular in their Conceptual Metaphor Theory, also holds true for metaphors in the Beatles’ songs.

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