POLITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: BASIC METAPHORS AT WORK

POLITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: BASIC METAPHORS AT WORK

Author:  N.A. Ches

Abstract:  The present article explores several dimensions in the interplay of language, metaphorical thinking and politics in an attempt to gain a better insight into the cognitive pathways of building complex metaphorical models.

Keywords:  political discourse, conceptual metaphor, image schema, evaluation.

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Pages:  436-442