Variation in political metaphor / edited by Julien Perrez, Min Reuchamps, Paul H. Thibodeau.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perrez, Julien, editor.

Reuchamps, Min, editor.

Thibodeau, Paul H., editor.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 85.

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture (DAPSAC) ; Volume 85

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor--Political aspects.

Metaphor.

Discourse analysis--Political aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Rhetoric.

Communication in politics.

Physical Description:

vi, 212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]

Summary:

"The objective of this book is to understand variation in political metaphor. Political metaphors are distinctive and important because they are used to achieve political goals: to persuade, to shape expectations, to realize specific objectives and actions. The analyses in the book go beyond the mere identification of conceptual metaphors in discourse to show how political metaphors function in the real world. It starts from the finding that the same conceptual domains are used to characterize politics, political entities and political issues. Yet, the specific metaphors used to describe these conceptual domains often change. This book explores some of the reasons for this variation, including features of political leaders (e.g., their age and gender), countries, and other sociopolitical circumstances. This perspective yields a better understanding of role(s) of metaphors in political discourse"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Studying variation in political metaphor: From discourse analysis to experiment / Min Reuchamps, Paul H. Thibodeau and Julien Perrez

1. First Lady, Secretary of State and Presidential Candidate: A comparative study of the role-dependent use of metaphor in politics / Kathleen Ahrens

2. Fairies, Christmas miracles and sham marriages: A diachronic analysis of deliberate metaphors in Belgian political discourse / Pauline Heyvaert

3. The rhetorical use of political metaphor before, during and after the presidency: Television interviews with the former Croatian president / Nikolina Borcic and Ivona Culo

4. Knifed in the back: A metaphor analysis of party leadership takeovers / Ben Fenton-Smith

5. Greek metaphors in the fiscal straightjacket / Anastasios Vogiatzis

6. The use of sensorimotor-based concepts during and after presidential campaigns: Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump / Liane Stroebel

7. Variations of metaphors in party manifestos about EU finality: Assessing party positions through conceptual metaphors / Jan Kovár

8. Variation in methods for studying political metaphor: Comparing experiments and discourse analysis / Paul H. Thibodeau, James Fleming and Maya Lannen

Conclusion: A Journey through variation in political metaphor / Paul H. Thibodeau, Julien Perrez and Min Reuchamps

Biographical notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Thibodeau, Paul H., Variation in political metaphor

ISBN:

9789027203953

9027203954

OCLC:

1098787145