Metaphors in Written Soccer Commentaries: Evidence from German
METAPHORS IN WRITTEN SOCCER COMMENTARIES: EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN

Summary/Abstract: Drawing on Lakoff and Johnson’s theory of metaphor, the author attempts to establish thekind of source domains from which common metaphors are drawn, and to what degree structuralmetaphors are used. To this end, different types of texts (e.g., match reports and reviews, officialnews, interviews, etc.) have been derived from German internet websites, with the intention ofanalyzing metaphors found therein. Data indicates that a number of structural metaphors can be foundin written football commentaries. They are drawn from a wide variety of source domains, althoughthe domains of physical fight, military conflict, games and sport, animal and human behaviour, aswell as meetings and journeys are particularly prominent. The primary function of metaphor in thiscontext appears to be to interpret facts in a way that attracts the readers’ attention.

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