Projects
PRACTICE: A METAPHOR - Metaphorizing practices and practicing metaphors. University of Antwerp
Metaphors learners live by: metaphoric anaphora resolution in L2 Spanish Vrije Universiteit Brussel
learners encounter figurative discourse at different stages in their
learning process. Since conceptual systems differ culturally and
hence linguistically, learners are reported to lack the conceptual
appropriateness required to process metaphors in their L2. The
development of metaphorical competence (MC) has been extensively
studied in ...
Metaphors and media : the use of metaphors and the construction of news items in the French written press. University of Antwerp
'Educated brains raising brains in need of education'. Critical metaphor analysis of conceptualisations of 'good parenthood' in (neuro)Discourse of parenthood in Flanders KU Leuven
SUMMARY – ‘Educated brains raising brains in need of education’. Critical metaphor analysis of conceptualisations of ‘good parenthood’ in (neuro)Discourses of parenthood in Flanders
Research about the relation between ‘good parenthood’ and discourse about the brain predominantly stems from investigated contexts of Anglo-Saxon countries and regions, such as the UK and the US. Literature study indicates that this relation has not yet ...
On the (not so) persuasive potential of metaphorical language in news media communication. Framing the Latin-American migration debate through metaphor. Ghent University
The persuasive function of metaphorical language has long been taken for granted, both inside and outside of the field of linguistics. Due to their ability to structure more abstract topics in terms of more concrete domains of experience, thereby ‘highlighting’ some aspects of the conversation topic while ‘hiding’ others, metaphors promoted in news media are held to represent a potent tool for influencing people’s way of thinking, feeling and ...
Both Slaves and Sons: A Papyrological and Conceptual Metaphor Investigation into the Relationship between Slavery and Adoption in Romans 6 and 8 KU Leuven
This project investigates how the Apostle Paul uses slavery and adoption as metaphors for describing his addressees in his letter to the Romans. Since slaves and adoptees did not have the same legal status, it is striking that Paul describes his Roman addressees as both slaves (Rom 6:15–23) and adopted sons/children of God (Rom 8:14–17, 23). Previous studies have largely neglected to examine how Paul and his Roman addressees would have held ...
Depicting Suffering, Imagining God. The Use of Metaphor in the Conceptualisation of Suffering and of the Divine in the Book of Job. KU Leuven
“He Will Make Her Wilderness like Eden, her Desert like the Garden of YHWH” (Isa 51:3): Metaphor, Utopia, and New Creation in Deutero-Isaiah KU Leuven
This doctoral research combines utopian studies with cognitive metaphor theory to examine how the final redactors of Deutero-Isaiah used creational language in metaphors of restoration to (1) idealize the restoration of Israel, (2) convince the people of the promise of rebuilding them, and (3) convey a utopian vision of the future Israel.
Narrative, Metaphor and Metamorphosis: The Ecological Potential of Contemporary Children's Literature Ghent University
Situated at the intersection of the study of children’s literature, ecocriticism and cognitive literary criticism, this project revisits the question of the transformational potential of children’s literature in light of the imaginative challenges raised by the Anthropocene, a newly identified epoch in which the geological make-up of the earth has been transformed by human impact. Starting from the assumption that, in order for substantial ...