American Football as a Cultural and Language Metaphor
Journal Title: Філологічний дискурс - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 8
Abstract
The article explains the notion «American football» and analyzes its metaphoric use in modern literature as a synonym to the word «American». Examples from fiction, lyrics, newspaper articles demonstrate how the English vocabulary has been enriched with other metaphorized football terms. It is emphasized that American football is an important component of American identity, both cultural and language.
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Nataliia Bidasiuk
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- DOI 10.31475/fil.dys.2018.08.13
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