Maurice AGULHON, De Gaulle, histoire, symbole, mythe, Paris, Plon, 2000, 165 p.

Gall, Laurent Le

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“…However, he was not always free of criticism. Some biographies suggest that, despite the construction of a myth after the war, De Gaulle was also seen as an opportunist in the same way as the Free Masons, Gambetta and Ferry, cited above, (Le Gall 2000, reviewing Agulhon 2000. Be that as it may, the symbol of Gaullism has traditionally embodied conceptual metaphors such as the predominant ones of LIBERTY IS FRANCE (A NATION), INDEPENDENCE IS FRANCE (A NATION), SOVEREIGNTY IS FRANCE (A NATION), etc.…”

Section: Data and Methodology: Identity Construction In French Politicsmentioning

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French political symbolism and identity construction

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Russian Journal of Linguistics

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The present study examines how the language of political symbolism operates within the framework of identity construction. It focusses on the themes of sovereignty during the 2022 French presidency of the European Union and the national presidential election campaign. On the basis of Conceptual Metaphor Theory, it suggests that, apart from purely linguistic features, extra-linguistic factors are also essential in order to convey a global view of symbolic rhetoric. The analysis is conducted according to an overall 6-tier model of figurative origins involving the parameters of personal background, political context, cultural history, reference, conceptual metaphor and linguistic metaphor. By applying the parameters of the model, it is proposed that the core of political argumentation in the corpus analysis is based on national symbols and the conceptual mapping they embody. The basic hypothesis of the model assumes that a politician attempts to portray the symbolisation of unity in accordance with his or her political background and personal biography. A political narrative is thereby created within the current political context using predominant symbols in cultural history. An over-riding factor is the role of referential points which may determine divergence in conceptual mapping. These features then lead to the construction of conceptual metaphors which can take on a particularly hyperbolic structure in the ensuing linguistic metaphors. The implications of the study highlight the important role of symbolism in political debate, its interaction with conceptual metaphor, the relevance of extra-linguistic factors portrayed by the 6-tier model, the link between cultural history and hyperbolic linguistic structures and political divergence in similar symbols.

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Section: Data and Methodology: Identity Construction In French Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%