METAPHOR AS A MEANS OF CULTURAL CONCEPTS VARIATION IN POLITICIANS’ AUTOPRESENTATION

METAPHOR AS A MEANS OF CULTURAL CONCEPTS VARIATION IN POLITICIANS’ AUTOPRESENTATION

Author:  A.P. Chernysheva

Affiliation:  Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin

Abstract: 
The paper studies metaphor as the means of cultural concepts variation in poli-ticians’ autopresentation. The variations of the concept FREEDOM are analyzed in the autopresentation of American politicians.

Keywords:  autopresentation, metacognitive process, concept, metaphor as a means of concepts variation