Conceptual Metonymy of COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam’s Online Newspapers

Conceptual metonymy which is based on the contingent relationship between a source concept and a target concept helps people perceive the world. The article discusses the concept and principles of conceptual metonymy and analyses the conceptual metonymy of COVID-19 pandemic used in official online n...

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Published inTheory and practice in language studies Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 1723 - 1729
Main Authors Pham, Quynh T.H, Tran, Lan T.B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Academy Publication Co., LTD 01.06.2024
Academy Publication Co., Ltd
Subjects
Analysis
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive linguistics
Cognitive Structures
COVID-19
Cultural Context
Electronic newspapers
Electronic periodicals
Epidemics
Figurative Language
Human Body
Journalistic language
Linguistics
Media coverage
Metaphor
Metonymy
Pandemics
Vietnam
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese People
Vietnam
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Summary:Conceptual metonymy which is based on the contingent relationship between a source concept and a target concept helps people perceive the world. The article discusses the concept and principles of conceptual metonymy and analyses the conceptual metonymy of COVID-19 pandemic used in official online newspapers published in Vietnam. 100 articles were selected for analysis. The study focuses on the "PLACE FOR EVENT" metonymy with the aim of shedding light on the Vietnamese's cognitive ways of thinking. Vietnamese people tend to use the geographical location where the COVID-19 pandemic occurs as a substitute for the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISSN:1799-2591
2053-0692
DOI:10.17507/tpls.1406.12