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Metaphors in political communication: A case study of the use of deliberate metaphors in non-institutional political interviews
Heyvaert, Pauline; Randour, François; Dodeigne, Jérémy et al.
2019In Journal of Language and Politics
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Keywords :
political discourse; metaphor analysis; deliberate metaphor; metaphor variation; three-dimensional model; non-institutional interviews; regional parliamentarians; Belgium; Wallonia
Abstract :
[en] This article analyses the use of (deliberate) metaphors in political discourse produced by French-speaking Belgian regional parliamentarians during non-institutional political interviews. The article first investigates if the use of deliberate metaphor limits itself to a particular type of political discourse (i.e. public and institutional political discourse) or if metaphor use is also found in other types of settings (i.e. non-institutional political discourse). Second, the article analyses the variation of deliberate metaphor use between political actors depending on gender, seniority and political affiliation. To this end, the article applies Steen’s (2008) three-dimensional model of metaphor analysis on biographical interviews conducted with French-speaking Belgian regional parliamentarians (RMPs). Our results indicate that RMPs, when using non-deliberate metaphors, mostly rely on source domains such as 'construction', 'battle' and 'relationships'. This is in contrast with the use of deliberate metaphors, where source domains like 'sports', 'nature' and 'container' take the upper hand.
Research center :
Lilith - Liège, Literature, Linguistics - ULiège
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Political science, public administration & international relations
Author, co-author :
Heyvaert, Pauline ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : ling., litt. et trad. > Département de langues modernes : ling., litt. et trad.
Randour, François;  Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > ISPOLE
Dodeigne, Jérémy;  Université de Namur - UNamur > Sciences Politiques
Perrez, Julien  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : ling., litt. et trad. > Langue néerlandaise moderne et linguistique synchronique
Reuchamps, Min;  Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > ISPOLE
Language :
English
Title :
Metaphors in political communication: A case study of the use of deliberate metaphors in non-institutional political interviews
Publication date :
November 2019
Journal title :
Journal of Language and Politics
ISSN :
1569-2159
eISSN :
1569-9862
Publisher :
John Benjamins Publishing Company, Netherlands
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
PDR T.1036.15 - ADAPOF - A discursive approach of the paradox of federalism in linguistically divided democracies: Diachronic and synchronic analyses of state reforms’ discourses and their impact in Belgium
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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