16. Critical analysis of creative metaphors in political speeches
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Ralph Müller
Abstract
Creative metaphors play, in many respects, an important role in political discourse; however, there is still a lack of categories to identify and analyse creative metaphors on a textual level. One precondition for analysing creativity in a non-literary discourse such as politics is to understand that creativity exists rather along clines and, therefore, needs to be redefined according to its context. As a consequence, this study understands creative metaphors as expressions which draw the attention to their metaphoricity by deviating from conventional ways of expressing things within a particular discourse or genre (e.g. political speeches). In addition, an analysis of the metaphor “centre of gravity” in a speech of the German foreign minister Joschka Fischer will illustrate how corpora can help us to evaluate metaphorical expressions within this framework.
Abstract
Creative metaphors play, in many respects, an important role in political discourse; however, there is still a lack of categories to identify and analyse creative metaphors on a textual level. One precondition for analysing creativity in a non-literary discourse such as politics is to understand that creativity exists rather along clines and, therefore, needs to be redefined according to its context. As a consequence, this study understands creative metaphors as expressions which draw the attention to their metaphoricity by deviating from conventional ways of expressing things within a particular discourse or genre (e.g. political speeches). In addition, an analysis of the metaphor “centre of gravity” in a speech of the German foreign minister Joschka Fischer will illustrate how corpora can help us to evaluate metaphorical expressions within this framework.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Editors’ introduction vii
- 1. The wonderful, chaotic, creative, heroic, challenging world of Researching and Applying Metaphor 1
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1. Metaphor and language learning
- 2. Can people be cold and warm? 21
- 3. Grasping the point 35
- 4. “Drugs, traffic, and many other dirty interests” 63
- 5. The gaps to be filled 81
- 6. A cross-cultural study of metaphoric understanding 105
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2. Capturing and analysing metaphors
- 7. Love, metaphor and responsibility 125
- 8. A critical look at the desktop metaphor 30 years on 145
- 9. Pragglejaz in practice 165
- 10. Mapping principles for conceptual metaphors 185
- 11. Systematicity in metaphor and the use of invariant mappings 209
- 12. Attitude, style and context 245
- 13. A genre approach to imagery in winespeak 265
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3. The function of metaphor in discourse
- 14. Wot no similes? 291
- 15. Metaphor marking and metaphor typological and functional ranges in business periodicals 309
- 16. Critical analysis of creative metaphors in political speeches 321
- 17. Metaphor in physical-and-speech action expressions 333
- 18. The evaluative properties of metaphors 357
- Index of names 375
- Index of terms 381
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Editors’ introduction vii
- 1. The wonderful, chaotic, creative, heroic, challenging world of Researching and Applying Metaphor 1
-
1. Metaphor and language learning
- 2. Can people be cold and warm? 21
- 3. Grasping the point 35
- 4. “Drugs, traffic, and many other dirty interests” 63
- 5. The gaps to be filled 81
- 6. A cross-cultural study of metaphoric understanding 105
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2. Capturing and analysing metaphors
- 7. Love, metaphor and responsibility 125
- 8. A critical look at the desktop metaphor 30 years on 145
- 9. Pragglejaz in practice 165
- 10. Mapping principles for conceptual metaphors 185
- 11. Systematicity in metaphor and the use of invariant mappings 209
- 12. Attitude, style and context 245
- 13. A genre approach to imagery in winespeak 265
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3. The function of metaphor in discourse
- 14. Wot no similes? 291
- 15. Metaphor marking and metaphor typological and functional ranges in business periodicals 309
- 16. Critical analysis of creative metaphors in political speeches 321
- 17. Metaphor in physical-and-speech action expressions 333
- 18. The evaluative properties of metaphors 357
- Index of names 375
- Index of terms 381
