Usi traslati di big bang nella stampa italiana e spagnola Tra cosmologia e mito, economia e politica
ISSN: 1594-378X
Year of publication: 2016
Issue: 16
Pages: 347-358
Type: Article
More publications in: Artifara: Revista de lenguas y literaturas ibéricas y latinoamericanas
Abstract
AbstractThe history of the term big bang leads to a wide and age-old framework made of mutual, crossed references between science and the origin myth and has come to include a wide number of metaphorical uses. The term was first used in the middle of the 20th century. Its popularity progressivily grew and it is frequently found in today's mass media.The paper focuses on the analysis of figurative uses of the term by Italian and Spanish press in the 20th century, highlights how the metaphors can be used and how they vary depending on the contexts in which they are found, from economics to politics.