Conceptual metaphor sport as war in Vietnamese football news
What is it about?
Sports matches are all about winning and losing. Football is a competitive sport, so competitions are often seen as a battle between two factions and opponents, in which players act as soldiers to fight. Thus, athletic competition is often refracted through the prism of a fight. In sports news on Vietnamese online newspapers, the metaphor "Sport is war" appears popular. The correspondence between the source domain "war" and the target domain "sports" is shown in mappings such as: conflict in competition is conflict in war, players participating in competition are soldiers participating in war. , the match between two players is a match between the warring parties, the coach is the commander in the battle, the player's actions are the actions of the warring parties, the tactics in the competition are the tactics in the battle. In war, manpower in competition is the weapon used in war, foul foul in competition is to destroy opponent in battle, victory or defeat in competition is victory or defeat in war. . Based on the correlation of experience and knowledge mapping from the source domain to the target domain, the article shows typical conceptual thinking that is both universal and characteristic of Vietnamese thinking, points out the hierarchy in thinking. concept only.
Why is it important?
The research results of the article can help journalism students in writing skills and using conceptual metaphors in writing news and articles; suggest to editors of sports news how to use conceptual metaphors in news articles to increase the attractiveness for readers and listeners; and make the matches more thrilling, dramatic and attractive.