The malleability behind terms referring to common professional roles: the current meaning of “boss” in British newspapers

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  • Rosa Giménez-Moreno Universitat de València
  • Francisco Miguel Ivorra-Pérez Universitat de València

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qf.22.11303

Keywords:

cognitive semantics, corpus linguistics, mental models, professional roles, British press

Abstract

The aim of the present research is to approach the current variation and vulnerability to manipulation of concepts, apparently clear and unambiguous, related to usual professional roles. The study concentrates on semantic frames, and subsequent, cognitive models associated to the term ‘boss’ as they are expressed and transmitted through large-scale British media. The qualitative and quantitative linguistic analysis of a substantial corpus of texts, in which this term appears, shows clear differences in its meaning, depending on key factors such as the socio-political and ideological orientation of the medium of publication.

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Rosa Giménez-Moreno, Universitat de València

Department of English and German Studies

Francisco Miguel Ivorra-Pérez, Universitat de València

Department of English and German Studies

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Published

2018-01-07

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Giménez-Moreno, R., & Ivorra-Pérez, F. M. (2018). The malleability behind terms referring to common professional roles: the current meaning of “boss” in British newspapers. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Lingüístics, 22(22), 105–128. https://doi.org/10.7203/qf.22.11303
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Vol. 22 (2017): Words, Corpus and Back to Words

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