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Describing Emotions: Major Depressive Disorder and Conceptual Metaphor Theory

Lavanty, Brittany

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2015, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Cognitive Linguistics.
Unlike medical conditions for which biologically--based diagnostic tools and treatments exist, the diagnosis and treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) usually requires face--to--face communication. Therefore, the diagnosis and treatment of MDD is based in language. However, clinicians receive little to no training in analyzing language. This study demonstrates how analyzing language has the potential to enhance therapeutic treatments for MDD. It presents a conceptual metaphor (CM) analysis of the metaphors that people with and without MDD use to describe emotions. Analyzing the metaphors that people use to describe emotions will help us learn more about how people conceptualize emotions, and, more broadly, how they think about themselves and the world around them.
Fey Parrill (Advisor)
171 p.

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  • Lavanty, B. (2015). Describing Emotions: Major Depressive Disorder and Conceptual Metaphor Theory [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428942943

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lavanty, Brittany. Describing Emotions: Major Depressive Disorder and Conceptual Metaphor Theory. 2015. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428942943.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lavanty, Brittany. "Describing Emotions: Major Depressive Disorder and Conceptual Metaphor Theory." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428942943

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)