Introduction: Studying variation in political metaphor
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Min Reuchamps
Abstract
The introduction offers an overview of the literature on political metaphors, with Critical Discourse Analysis and Conceptual Metaphor Theory as starting points. It then presents the main objective of the book, viz. to study the variation in political metaphor, based on the analyses of actual data, from diverse corpora, political actors and countries. On this basis, the threefold approach to variation in political metaphor is presented: diachronic, functional and methodological variations.
Abstract
The introduction offers an overview of the literature on political metaphors, with Critical Discourse Analysis and Conceptual Metaphor Theory as starting points. It then presents the main objective of the book, viz. to study the variation in political metaphor, based on the analyses of actual data, from diverse corpora, political actors and countries. On this basis, the threefold approach to variation in political metaphor is presented: diachronic, functional and methodological variations.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction: Studying variation in political metaphor 1
- Chapter 1. First Lady, Secretary of State and Presidential Candidate 13
- Chapter 2. Fairies, Christmas miracles and sham marriages 35
- Chapter 3. The rhetorical use of political metaphor before, during and after the presidency 61
- Chapter 4. Knifed in the back 83
- Chapter 5. Greek metaphors in the fiscal straightjacket 107
- Chapter 6. The use of sensorimotor-based concepts during and after presidential campaigns 131
- Chapter 7. Variations of metaphors in party manifestos about EU finality 151
- Chapter 8. Variation in methods for studying political metaphor 177
- Conclusion 195
- Biographical notes 207
- Index 211
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction: Studying variation in political metaphor 1
- Chapter 1. First Lady, Secretary of State and Presidential Candidate 13
- Chapter 2. Fairies, Christmas miracles and sham marriages 35
- Chapter 3. The rhetorical use of political metaphor before, during and after the presidency 61
- Chapter 4. Knifed in the back 83
- Chapter 5. Greek metaphors in the fiscal straightjacket 107
- Chapter 6. The use of sensorimotor-based concepts during and after presidential campaigns 131
- Chapter 7. Variations of metaphors in party manifestos about EU finality 151
- Chapter 8. Variation in methods for studying political metaphor 177
- Conclusion 195
- Biographical notes 207
- Index 211
