UID:
almahu_9949846695902882
Format:
1 online resource (340 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
3-11-100136-9
Series Statement:
Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL] Series ; Volume 54
Content:
Metaphor studies is a vibrant and fascinating field. The present book brings together the work of influential researchers analyzing metaphor empirically from Critical Socio-Cognitive perspectives (CSCDA). The case studies focus on the role of metaphor as a powerful strategy for the creation of specific world views and ideological frames, as well as for their contestation in current crises.
Note:
Includes index.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Merging tenets and tools in socio-political metaphor analysis --
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I Construing reality through metaphor --
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Similes vs. metaphors. A case study on the conceptualisation of Covid-19 pandemic --
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From the closet to the stars. Metaphoric construals of gender identity in tumblr. A case study --
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“A wall of human misery”: Critical metaphor analysis and the discursive representation of Ukrainian refugees in British news articles --
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Polarising metaphors in far-right populist tweets: A comparative crosslinguistic study --
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Imagine a cell as a medieval fortress: Metaphor as a tool of explanation and persuasion in the Serbian pro-vaccination discourse --
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II Contesting the world through metaphor --
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War metaphors and conspiracy theories --
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Fighting metaphors: Social resistance to mainstream metaphors --
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The construction and survivability of “blaming” metaphors on Chinese social media --
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III Performing ideology through multimodal metaphor --
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Metaphorical perspectives on women in armed conflicts. Female depictions in the murals of Northern Ireland --
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Identifying and interpreting visual metaphors in political cartoons --
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Image-schematic structuring of metaphor in visual art from the perspective of socio-political context. A case study of Jerzy Kalina’s sculpture Pomnik Anonimowego Przechodnia ‘Monument of an Anonymous Passer-by’ --
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Fire, war and revolution: Metaphor in media discourses of political protest --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-100125-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783111001364
