Decoding Political Discourse [electronic resource] : Conceptual Metaphors and Argumentation /
Neagu, Maria-Ionela.author.
This book provides an in-depth look into the cognitive and argumentative nature of political discourse with a focus on the role and place of conceptual metaphors in practical argumentation. Neagu's empirical investigation centres on the corpus of the American Presidential debates in 2008 and speeches by Barack Obama from 2009-2011.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory and PoliticalDiscourse Analysis; 2.1 Cognitive linguistics theory ofmetaphor: an overview; 2.2 The cognitive and argumentative natureof political discourse; 2.3 Conceptual metaphors as defeasiblearguments; 3 Decoding Conceptual Metaphors; 3.1 Conceptualizing the financial crisis; 3.2 POLITICS IS CONFLICT, POLITICS IS VISION; 3.3 The Stars and the Dogs of the companycalled America; 3.4 POLITICS IS ETHICS; 4 Symbolic Power and Argumentation
4.1 Sound moves or political leverage?4.2 Politeness, argumentation schemes, and ethosconstruction; 4.3 Argumentation on war; 5 Concluding Thoughts; 5.1 Horizons of truth and the moral victory; 5.2 Contributions of this study; Appendix: Corpus; Bibliography; Index of Conceptual Metaphors; General Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides an in-depth look into the cognitive and argumentative nature of political discourse with a focus on the role and place of conceptual metaphors in practical argumentation. Neagu's empirical investigation centres on the corpus of the American Presidential debates in 2008 and speeches by Barack Obama from 2009-2011.
Sociolinguistics.
Discourse analysis.
Europe—Politics and government.
Political science.
Elections.
Psycholinguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Discourse Analysis.
European Politics.
Political Science.
Electoral Politics.
Psycholinguistics.