Routine Checkup: Cancer Metaphor Menu w/ Dr. Elena Semino

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English - July 28, 2021 04:10 - 42 minutes - 39 MB - ★★★★★ - 463 ratings
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Dr. Elena Semino is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University in England. She also is the principal investigator on the ‘Metaphor, Cancer and End of Life Project’ aka the Cancer Metaphor Menu. You see, how we talk about illness matters. Especially when it comes to using metaphors. Not only do they help contextualize the experience of illness, it also plays a key role in communication. This week, smart person Dr. Semino brings the fellas along on a beautiful journey of metaphors.