{"product_id":"metaphorical-conceptions-in-rapmusic-a-cross-cultural-analysis-on-metaphors-in-german-and-american-rapmusic-von-florian-arleth","title":"Metaphorical Conceptions in Rapmusic","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar), course: PS II \"Cultural Dimensions of Language Variation and Communication\", language: English, abstract: In recent studies on cultural aspects of languages, subcultures have been given more and more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimportance. On the metaphorical potential of such groups, Kövecses noted that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubcultures develop their own metaphors, and these metaphors may define the group. There is of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecourse no subculture that defines itself through an entirely new set of metaphors, but some of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emetaphors members use may be new relative to the mainstream (Kövecses 2009: 286f).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd this might be especially true for the subculture of Hip Hop with its most important\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emanifestation being rap music. Despite the fact that the genre is in existence since the Seventies,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elinguistic studies in this field are still rare, and investigations into the metaphorical inventory of rap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emusic literally not existent. A first and important step into that direction has been undertaken by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Crossley, whose study shows the linguistic potential of rap music as well as its variety of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emetaphors:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a product of a historically oral culture that embodies familiar metaphorical traits [...], African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican rap music is especially rich in metaphoric language. Its roots, along with other African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican linguistic traditions (including signifying, the dozens, and narrativizing), give rap music its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexceptional linguistic variety (Crossley 2005: 503).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present term paper will continue Crossley's research on metaphorical conceptions in rap music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby illustrating further conceptual metaphors, but it also likes to develop it into a new direction by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding German rap music as well. The relationship between American and German rap music is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eespecially interesting because it is coined by a linguistic impact that is by far not as strong on a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore general level. Certain aspects of this impact have already been laid down in earlier papers1,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand it will be most rewarding to explore its cognitive dimensions as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the analysis three metaphorical concepts will be examined. They are illustrated with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehelp of similar conceptions from everyday language and from an exemplary rap music corpus that is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore clearly defined in the next chapter. The methodical points of the analysis are laid down in this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echapter as well. And since the metaphorical conceptions in rap music ¿are generally specific to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubculture that either adopts them from the dominant culture or creates them to address their own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecultural needs¿ (Crossley 2005: 501), variations on an intra cultural level will be noted as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656153047\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Cross Cultural Analysis on Metaphors in German and American Rapmusic\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656153047","offer_id":39446372221021,"sku":"9783656153047","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/86e4ae5f-22a0-4be5-a138-d076987982bd.jpg?v=1777870364","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/metaphorical-conceptions-in-rapmusic-a-cross-cultural-analysis-on-metaphors-in-german-and-american-rapmusic-von-florian-arleth","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}