Introduction

Finding Web Metaphors
A Proposed Corpus Search for Metaphors of the WWW

by Zach Tomaszewski

Summary: A study to search both a large general-use corpus and then small Web-specific corpora for example sentences (citations) containing Web metaphors, as evidenced by keywords from the target domain. In this way, document the existence of any unique Web metaphors found, as well as sample source domain keywords.

Literature Review

Lakoff and Johnson's Metaphors We Live By (1980).

Literature Review (continued)

Research Question

Yet, no extensive study on what conventionalized metaphors exist for the Web.

Studies on utility of certain metaphors, or discussion of ramifications of certain metaphors, but no broad scope. Personally constantly afraid we're overlooking something.

Best way to do this: archival study (corpus research).

Research Design

Expected Contributions

Questions?

This presentation can be found at: http://zach.tomaszewski.name/uh/cis703/proposaltalk/

The paper discussed can be found (soon) at: http://zach.tomaszewski.name/uh/cis703/proposal.html