Fernández Álvarez, Lucía2024-05-202024-05-202020-10-19https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/15085Metaphors and metonymies are ubiquitous in any type of discourse and the language of football is no exception. This paper aims to analyse the use of these conceptual mechanisms from the point of view of Cognitive Linguistics in the field of football in order to propose a method and design some activities so that footballers whose native language is different from English are able to identify, understand, and use metaphor and metonymy in their oral interaction, especially in their professional field. This proposal of a pedagogical implementation that makes use of some key tools in Cognitive Linguistics tries to boost motivation as well as the possibilities of successful language acquisition. The analysis of a written football commentary will be carried out to illustrate the use of some of the most common metaphors and metonymies in an authentic football context. This analysis will be the starting point for the design of a series of activities for the teaching of English for Specific Purposes.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesstesis de maestríafootballcognitive linguisticsmetaphormetonymyeducationenglish for specific purposes