Metaphor and Political Discourse: Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe (2004)
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- Synopsis
- Far from being rhetorical ornaments, metaphors play a central role in public discourse, as they shape the structure of political categorisation and argumentation. Drawing on a very large bilingual corpus, this book, now in paperback, analyses the distribution of 'metaphor scenarios' in more than a decade of public discourse on European integration, elucidating differences in UK and German attitudes and argumentation. The corpus analysis leads to a refinement of cognitive metaphor theory by systematically relating conceptual, semantic and argumentation levels and incorporating the historical dimension of metaphor evolution. Finally, drawing on examples of metaphor negotiation and on a reassessment of Hobbes' concept of metaphor in Leviathan, the book highlights the ethical dimension of metaphor in politics.
- Copyright:
- 2004
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780230504516
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781403933898
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 12/08/20
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- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Reference, Language Arts, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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