The (Many) Functions of DISEASE Metaphors in the Medical Drama TV Series House, M.D. (Fox, 2004-2012)
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25 mai 2023
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Adeline Terry, « The (Many) Functions of DISEASE Metaphors in the Medical Drama TV Series House, M.D. (Fox, 2004-2012) », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.21428/93b7ef64.b47e0f5f
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The corpus under scrutiny is constituted of the first two seasons of theAmerican TV series House, M.D., in which 118 metaphorical expressionswere identified following the procedure that was established by thePragglejaz group (2007), the MIP (Metaphor Identification Procedure); theseexpressions were then classified according to the source domain which isused to conceptualise the target domain disease, following the theoreticalframework of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The results show that themost productive conceptual metaphors are The sick body is a brokenmachine/object (29 occurrences), The sick body is food/drinks (21occurrences), A disease is a person (20 occurrences), Having a diseaseis fighting a war (19 occurrences), and, to a lesser extent, A disease isa journey (5 occurrences), Diagnosing a disease is playing a game (6occurrences), and A disease is an animal/a monster (4 occurrences). Allthese metaphors have different, sometimes overlapping functions which areanalysed in the discussion section. They are mostly used to explain or vulgarisemedical discourse for the viewers. Naturally, due to the taboo natureof disease, they also fulfil a euphemistic or dysphemistic function dependingon which character is using them, which often leads to a humorous interpretationfor the viewers. Finally, they often contribute to the characterisationof the protagonist and the series.
