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Until a century ago, a metaphor was just a mere figure of speech, but since the development of discourse analysis a metaphor has become more than merely inciden
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Pages: 220
Authors: Julien Perrez
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The objective of this book is to understand variation in political metaphor. Political metaphors are distinctive and important because they are used to achieve
Metaphor and Political Discourse
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Pages: 220
Authors: A. Musolff
Categories: Political Science
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Far from being rhetorical ornaments, metaphors play a central role in public discourse, as they shape the structure of political categorisation and argumentatio
Politicians and Rhetoric
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This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used systematically to create political myths of
Metaphor, Nation and Discourse
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This edited volume examines how metaphors and related phenomena (metonymies, symbols, cultural models, stereotypes) lead to the discursive construal of a common