Metaphor in Chelsea vs. Arsenal Football Commentary Speeches: A Pragmatic Perspective

Abstract

     This paper aims to investigate the metaphorical images of Chelsea and Arsenal football commentary speeches. To achieve this aim, the data is going to be analyzed pragmatically. It is hypothesized that metaphor is widely used by commentators. The procedure adopted is to survey the language of sport and metaphor in sports commentaries theoretically first, and to analyze pragmatically certain sports texts second. 

    Among the important conclusions the study comes up with are: The appearance of metaphorical images is quite clear. Metaphor is widely used by commentators. The metaphorical images are one of the important factors that make the commentaries exciting.