&lt;b&gt;Through the prism of metaphor: a case study of the US and UK political discourse on the Ukraine conflict
Journal: Acta Scientiarum Language and Culture
Year: 2016

Much has been said about the role of metaphor in constructing the meaning of political discourse. The seminal work of G. Lakoff showed how a particular choice of metaphors allowed political agents to take a stand on important issues and achieve their rhetorical goals. This paper focuses on the identification of the most productive means for semantic configuration of the metaphors used by British and American media given the ideological perspectivization of North-American politics towards recent