Michael O’Mara Shimek

Biographic Data

ID6630909
NAMEMichael O’Mara Shimek
GIVEN NAMESMichael O’Mara
FAMILY NAMEShimek
SIGNATURESHIMEK M O
AFFILIATIONSBoston University
ORCID0000-0001-6708-2627
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS1
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR1
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX1

  • A communicative efficiency and effectiveness model for using metaphor and metonymy in financial news reporting

    Open AccessMichael O’Mara Shimek, Michael O'Mara-Shimek et al.ARTICLEOn the Horizon The International…2015Cited by: 1References: 6

    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a model to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of metaphor when used in financial news media reporting. Design/methodology/approach – Theory in Cognitive Linguistics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Frame Semantics are used to demonstrate metaphor’s central role shaping human thought and understanding, producing conceptual frameworks used to understand abstract concepts in not only financial …