Political metaphor analysis : discourse and scenarios /: discourse and scenarios. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andreas Musolff.
• Authors: Musolff, Andreas
• Contents: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 Political conflict as war ; 2.1 Metaphors and concepts ; 2.2 Inferences from metaphors in relation to conceptual domains ; 2.3 Conceptual domains and metaphor corpora ; 2.4 Discursive frames in metaphor corpora ; 2.5 Summary ; Chapter 3 Metaphors, cognitive models and scenarios ; 3.1 Political metaphor and family models ; 3.2 Two metaphor models -- one domain? ; 3.3 Family scenarios ; 3.4 Further scenario functions ; 3.5 Summary Chapter 4 The life and times of a metaphor scenario: Britain at the heart of Europe 4.1 Memories of a metaphor ; 4.2 The emergence of a metaphor scenario ; 4.3 Scenario development ; 4.4 Scenarios and blends ; 4.5 Summary ; Chapter 5 The belly and the body politic ; 5.1 Memories of a fable ; 5.2 The body politic tradition ; 5.3 Body politic, corps politique, politischer&#x;K ö rper : Traces of national discourse traditions in metaphor usage ; 5.4 Historical explanations for the development of metaphor scenarios ; 5.5 Summary Chapter 6 Parasites, scrounging and the question of deliberate metaphor 6.1 Parasites, metaphor and etymology ; 6.2 Metaphorizations ' back and forth ' ; 6.3 Metaphor and racism ; 6.4 Immigrants as ' parasites ' ; 6.5 Metaphors as deliberately chosen scenario&#x;elements ; 6.6 Summary ; Chapter 7 Nations as persons: Collective identity construction ; 7.1 Introduction: Speaking for a nation ; 7.2 From ' extended hands ' to a ' new Nakba ' in eight speeches ; 7.3 Nations as persons with social identities 7.4 Two case studies 7.5 Summary ; Chapter 8 Understanding political metaphor ; 8.1 The unpredictability of metaphor understanding ; 8.2 Interpretations of the nation as body metaphor ; 8.3 Interpretations of the nation as person metaphor ; 8.4 Summary ; Chapter 9 Conclusion: How does scenario analysis&#x;fit&#x;into cognitive metaphor studies? ; Appendix I: Source concepts of the metaphor nation as body in British, French and German media in BODYPOL Appendix II: Source concepts and English lexis in the metaphor field centred on the (nation) state is a (human) body in BODYPOL Appendix III: Linguistic/cultural background of questionnaire participants ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 808/.032; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Semantics; Metaphor -- Political aspects; Discourse analysis -- Political aspects; Communication in politics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric; REFERENCE / Writing Skills; Communication in politics; Discourse analysis -- Political aspects; Metaphor -- Political aspects; Semantics, discourse analysis, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441109859; 1441109854; 9781441197009; 1441197001
• Related ISBNs: 9781441160669; 9781441198174; 1441198172; 1441160663
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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