An analysis of the war metaphors used in spoken commentaries of the 2004 edition of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches in Zimbabwe

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Title:	An analysis of the war metaphors used in spoken commentaries of the 2004 edition of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches in Zimbabwe
Author:	Chapanga, Evans
Year:	2004
Periodical:	Zambezia (ISSN 0379-0622)
Volume:	31
Issue:	1-2
Pages:	62-79
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Zimbabwe Southern Africa
Subjects:	football broadcasting language usage language Metaphor Soccer matches
External link:	https://ir.uz.ac.zw/handle/10646/512
Abstract:	Soccer commentaries on television are characterized by metaphor-carrying language and expression. After introducing the Interactionist Theory of Metaphor and Classic Cognitive Metaphor Theory, this article analyses how soccer commentators make use of war metaphor when describing live soccer matches. Based on a qualitative analysis of spoken commentary during the 2004 edition of Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches in Zimbabwe, the article establishes the kind of metaphors that are typically used in live Zimbabwean broadcasts of soccer matches in English, and how certain metaphors interact with each other within the commentary. The analysis is grounded in the theoretical framework suggested by Ghadessy's Component Model (1988). The author argues that the players, their emotions, their character traits, actions on the pitch, the spectators' behaviour and the description of results translate into a war scenario as a result of the commentator's use of metaphor. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]