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Metaphor in Political Discourse

  • Charteris-Black J
Palgrave Macmillan UK, (2011), 28-51
DOI: 10.1057/9780230319899_2
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Abstract

In this chapter I will develop the argument that in political contexts metaphor can be, and often is, used for ideological purposes because it activates unconscious emotional associations and thereby contributes to myth creation: politicians use metaphor to tell the...

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Charteris-Black, J. (2011). Metaphor in Political Discourse. In Politicians and Rhetoric (pp. 28–51). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230319899_2

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