Metaphor Frequency and Distribution in Three Sesotho Newspapers’ Coverage of HIV and AIDS

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI:10.1080/10228195.2021.1963812

Ntṡoeu Seepheephe

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Abstract

Abstract This study examines the frequency and distribution of linguistic metaphors in selected Sesotho newspapers (Lentsoe, Leselinyana and Moeletsi) in their coverage of HIV and AIDS. The results reveal that 83.9 metaphors occur per 1 000 words, and that the majority of these metaphors are conventional. The findings show that linguistic metaphors are evenly distributed between the three newspapers analysed. There are also similarities between the newspapers regarding the most frequently used metaphorical expressions. Metaphors created by using the locative case marker -ng and the metaphorical expression bontsha (show) and its inflected forms are the linguistic metaphors used most frequently by the newspapers. The findings show that there is a difference in the frequency of metaphors during the period 1986–1995 and later periods, with fewer linguistic metaphors used in 1996–2010. However, the metaphors created using the locative case marker -ng and bontsha (show) and its inflected forms remain the most frequent linguistic metaphors in each period.

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三种塞索托报纸艾滋病报道中的隐喻频率与分布

摘要本研究考察了选定的塞索托报纸(Lentsoe、Leselinyana和Moeletsi)在报道艾滋病毒和艾滋病方面使用语言隐喻的频率和分布。结果表明，每1000个单词中出现83.9个隐喻，其中大多数是常规隐喻。研究结果表明，语言隐喻在被分析的三份报纸之间分布均匀。两种报纸在最常用的隐喻表达方面也有相似之处。由位置格标记-ng和bontsha (show)及其屈折形式构成的隐喻是报纸使用最频繁的语言隐喻。研究结果表明，1986-1995年期间和之后的时期隐喻的使用频率存在差异，1996-2010年期间语言隐喻的使用较少。然而，使用位置格标记-ng和bontsha (show)及其屈折形式创造的隐喻仍然是每个时期最常见的语言隐喻。

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期刊介绍： The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.