Images and roles of the European Union in the climate change debate

Ly, Annelise

doi:10.1075/dapsac.49.08ly

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“…Augé's observation of Thunberg's intentional absence of religious metaphors, despite an apocalyptic speech title, illuminates her adherence to scientific arguments. Aligning with Ly (2013) and Goatly (1997), underscores the role of conventional metaphors in facilitating recipient comprehension, laying a robust groundwork for subsequent discussions (p. 42). This chapter significantly enriches our understanding of metaphors' argumentative potency in climate crisis discourse.…”

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Book review: Anaïs Augé, Metaphor and Argumentation in Climate Crisis Discourse

Fajriansyah,

Anwar,

Alamsyah

2023

Discourse & Communication

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Book review: Anaïs Augé, Metaphor and Argumentation in Climate Crisis Discourse

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Anwar,

Alamsyah

2023

Discourse & Communication

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“We are in the same storm, not in the same boat”

Augé

2024

Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts

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The chapter proposes to investigate the implications of the proverbial phrase to be in the same boat in international debates about climate change. The study exposes the endorsed or disputed uses of the proverb. I analyse its exploitation by different discourse producers who convey different opinions. The data are extracted from various texts and speeches produced (or translated) in English. This research illustrates how the proverb can be exploited to fit different cultural traditions and different environmental concerns. The aim of the chapter is to identify the different arguments promoted by the use of the proverb. It also highlights the aspects of the proverb that may not correspond to the reality of climate change. This gives rise to argumentative exploitations using related metaphorical expressions. With reliance on cognitive metaphor theories (Lakoff 1993, 2004, 2010), and on metaphor scenarios in particular (Musolff 2004, 2016, 2019a), the occurrences discussed below demonstrate how the metaphorical image of the earth is a container has been challenged through the depiction of the earth is a boat. Indeed, the source concept boat comprises particular characteristics that can cause division among discourse producers to the extent that climate change debates may revolve around the use and misuse of the proverb. The chapter demonstrates that the proverbial phrase to be in the same boat involves precarious implications in environmental discourse.

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Situationally-triggered metaphor as political argument

Augé

2024

JAIC

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This paper proposes to investigate the public responses to situationally-triggered metaphors as these have been observed in political argumentation. Situationally-triggered metaphors occur when a nonmetaphorical connection is made between the metaphor and an aspect of the relevant situational context. The question addressed in this research is: how are such metaphors perceived by the public when these form part of the political argumentation? To answer this question, the study focuses on a particular instance of political situationally-triggered metaphor i.e., Boris Johnson’s “James Bond” metaphor produced during COP26. The paper draws on Critical Metaphor Analysis and Deliberate Metaphor Theory to analyse the public comments and reactions posted on the social media platform Twitter in response to the politician’s arguments. The analysis reveals that most of the public responses exploit the “James Bond” metaphor to dispute Johnson’s self-identification to the fictional character and provide meta-arguments that revolve around the politician’s misuse of metaphors. In contrast, responses that exploit the metaphor to convey political arguments or endorsement are much more limited. It is thus argued that situationally-triggered metaphors not only represent a political rhetorical device, but they are also effective political tools to shift public attention towards discursive patterns instead of arguments presented in discourse.

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Images and roles of the European Union in the climate change debate

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Book review: Anaïs Augé, Metaphor and Argumentation in Climate Crisis Discourse

Book review: Anaïs Augé, Metaphor and Argumentation in Climate Crisis Discourse

“We are in the same storm, not in the same boat”

Situationally-triggered metaphor as political argument

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