Metaphorical constructs and semiotic expressions in the BBC Yoruba Internet memes of English Premier League match results
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in: Language and Semiotic Studies, 2024.
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T1 - Metaphorical constructs and semiotic expressions in the BBC Yoruba Internet memes of English Premier League match results
AU - Osisanwo, Ayo
AU - Alugbin, Matthew
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 the author(s), published by De Gruyter on behalf of Soochow University 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper explores the deployment of metaphors in the BBC Yoruba-medium football results of the English Premier League, examining how cultural metaphorical choices shape meaning in online sport discourse. Through a discourse analysis of Yoruba-medium football results, the study reveals how metaphors drawn from Yoruba cultural milieu and everyday life are used to create vivid descriptions of game events, players, and teams. The study relies on Lakoff's conceptual metaphor theory, complemented by Kress and van Leeuwen's social semiotic approach to multimodality. Findings reveal that metaphors describe game events, teams, and players, thus, framing the contest in unique and evocative manners, drawing on cultural and shared knowledge to shape the understanding of the game in an adversarial sense. This study, therefore, argues that metaphors are deployed to convey deeper cultural meanings and values, and add creativity to match results. The findings point to the role of language and culture in shaping the experiences of football fandom in sports and media.
AB - This paper explores the deployment of metaphors in the BBC Yoruba-medium football results of the English Premier League, examining how cultural metaphorical choices shape meaning in online sport discourse. Through a discourse analysis of Yoruba-medium football results, the study reveals how metaphors drawn from Yoruba cultural milieu and everyday life are used to create vivid descriptions of game events, players, and teams. The study relies on Lakoff's conceptual metaphor theory, complemented by Kress and van Leeuwen's social semiotic approach to multimodality. Findings reveal that metaphors describe game events, teams, and players, thus, framing the contest in unique and evocative manners, drawing on cultural and shared knowledge to shape the understanding of the game in an adversarial sense. This study, therefore, argues that metaphors are deployed to convey deeper cultural meanings and values, and add creativity to match results. The findings point to the role of language and culture in shaping the experiences of football fandom in sports and media.
KW - BBC Yoruba
KW - culture
KW - English Premier League
KW - football result
KW - metaphor
KW - sport discourse
KW - Literature studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85204032487&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/lass-2024-0032
DO - 10.1515/lass-2024-0032
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85204032487
JO - Language and Semiotic Studies
JF - Language and Semiotic Studies
SN - 2096-031X
ER -