Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-230-50451-6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4039-3389-8, 978-1-137-55831-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2004 |