The Language of Unification Specification of a Coding Process as a Basis for Observation

E-Political Socialization, the Press and Politics

“…Most importantly, metaphors seem to function as emotive components of language. De Landtsheer confirmed the longitudinal and cyclical evolution of emotionality in society with her metaphor methodology (Gaus, 2001, p. 122;De Landtsheer, 1987, 1992a, l992b, 1994.…”

“…Metaphor power is expressed in a metaphor coefficient. Coding schemes (De Landtsheer, 1991, 1992a, 1992b, pp. 70-71, and 2004) used in these processes produce two metaphor coefficients, one for studied countries in the EMU and another for those outside the EMU.…”