Framing Effects of WAR Metaphors in Mountaineering

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Uokvirivanje alpinizma pomoću metafora rata
• Author: Dominik Lukić
• Mentor: Mateusz-Milan Stanojević (mentor)
• Committee member: Renata Geld (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Višnja Josipović-Smojver (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Mateusz-Milan Stanojević (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-05-29, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This study deals with the phenomenon of metaphorical framing, its effects on reasoning, and its connections with the phenomenon of metaphor resistance, all by looking at the example of WAR metaphors in mountaineering discourse. Metaphors provide an interpretative frame which may influence the way people view an activity. For instance, framing mountaineering as WAR may result in mountaineering being seen as more dangerous. To test the potential framing effects of WAR metaphors on mountaineering, two studies were performed. The first one is a survey study which confirms that mountaineers oppose (resist) the usage of such metaphors. In contrast, it was found in a psycholinguistic experiment that framing a fictional mountain climb as WAR results in very limited effects on reasoning on participants. The discussion focuses on why psycholinguistic experiments are less likely to confirm framing effects of metaphors as opposed to discourse-based studies and bridges the gap between the limited results of the psycholinguistic experiment and the great significance WAR metaphors were given by the mountaineering community in the survey study. To achieve that, three main elements are discussed: methodological differences between psycholinguistic experiments and discourse-based studies, limits of metaphorical inference, and metaphor resistance as an index of social identity.

Abstract (croatian)

Koristeći se primjerom ratnih metafora u diskursu o alpinizmu, ovaj rad istražuje pojavu metaforičkog uokvirivanja, učinke na razmišljanje koje ono može polučiti te poveznice tog fenomena s fenomenom otpora metafori. Metafore pružaju interpretativni okvir koji može utjecati na percepciju određene aktivnosti. Primjerice, uokvirivanje alpinizma pomoću ratnih metafora može dovesti do toga da ga se gleda kao na opasniju aktivnost. Kako bi se testirali potencijalni uokvirujući učinci ratnih metafora na percepciju alpinizma, provedene su dvije studije. Prva je anketno istraživanje koja potvrđuje da se alpinisti protive korištenju takvih metafora. S druge strane, rezultati psiholingvističkog eksperimenta pokazaju kako su takvi učinci vrlo maleni. Rad objašnjava zašto je uokvirujuće učinke metafora teže dokazati psiholingvističkim eksperimentima nego diskursnim studijama te objašnjava raskorak između malenih uokvirujućih učinaka dobivenih psiholingvističkim eksperimentom te velike važnosti dane ratnim metaforama od strane alpinističke zajednice u anketnom istraživanju. Tri su ključna elementa kojih se rad dotiče: metodološke razlike između diskursnih studija i psiholingvističkih eksperimenata, granice stvaranja paralela između ciljne i izvorne domene te otpor metafori kao pokazatelj društvenog identiteta.

• Keywords: conceptual metaphors; metaphorical framing; war metaphors; mountaineering discourse; metaphor resistance
• Keywords (croatian): konceptualna metafora; metaforičko uokvirivanje; ratne metafore; alpinizam; otpor metafori
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:731536
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-05-31 11:12:50