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Rethinking Critical Metaphor Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of English Linguistics, 2016
<p>Critical Metaphor Analysis is concerned with integrating critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, pragmatics and cognitive linguistics to explore implicit speaker intentions and covert power relations through the analysis of metaphoric expressions.
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A Critical Metaphor Analysis of TikTok’s Image in The Economist

open access: yesInternational Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, 2022
The research picks up six reports about TikTok in The Economist and tries to reveal the image of the app in The Economist based on critical metaphor theory. Drawing upon the MIPVU procedure, the research sorted out metaphors in the corpus and classified them into different types by their source domains. According to statistics, human metaphors, journey
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The role of metaphor in shaping the identity and agenda of the United Nations: the imagining of an international community and international threat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This article examines the representation of the United Nations in speeches delivered by its Secretary General. It focuses on the role of metaphor in constructing a common ‘imagining’ of international diplomacy and legitimising an international ...
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa   +1 more
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The spoken (he)art of strategy: A metaphor analysis of the strategy discourse of 10 South African business executives

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Business Management, 2005
This paper investigates the importance of metaphor in strategy in several ways. Firstly it considers the problematic nature of ‘strategy’ itself. Next, it outlines some views on how metaphor is used in strategy discourse, with particular emphasis on ...
J. Foster-Pedley, D. Bond, R. Brown
doaj   +1 more source

Metaphors Trump’s Discourse ‘Lives by’: are they Mere Pervasive Linguistic Clichés or Persuasive Tools?

open access: yesJournal of Pragmatics Research, 2021
The present paper re-addresses metaphor based on Conceptual Metaphor Theory from a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective. The metaphors selected pertain to political discourse, precisely Trump’s statements on different occasions and from different ...
Abidi Hajer
doaj   +1 more source

NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A March towards Reform: The Metaphorical Conceptualisation of ‘Reform’ in King Abdullah II’s Language

open access: yesMiscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2015
Reform has recently become an imperative topic in Jordanian politics. After waiting long for tangible political and economic programs to be initiated by political parties, King Abdullah II of Jordan introduced his vision of reform. Reform is a priority,
Ahmad El-Sharif
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Using a semantic annotation tool for the analysis of metaphor in discourse. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper describes the application of semantic annotation software for analysing metaphor in corpora of different genres. In particular, we outline three projects analysing RELIGION and POLITICS metaphors in corporate mission statements, the WAR ...
Hardie, Andrew   +3 more
core  

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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