The study of metaphor as part of critical discourse analysis

Мусолфф, Андреас

doi:10.1080/17405904.2012.688300

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“…A similar trend of negatively conceptualizing migration in discourse has been observed in sociolinguistic research in the theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics (Gibbs, 1992;Lakoff, 1993;Lakoff & Johnson, 1980;Lakoff & Turner, 1989) and critical metaphor analysis (CMA; Charteris-Black, 2006;Hart, 2011;Musolff, 2011Musolff, , 2012Musolff, , 2015O'Brien, 2003;Santa Ana, 2002). Both U.S. and European scholars discuss and demonstrate how negative representation of migration is realized through the use of metaphor, and what kind of social and political consequences it might lead to.…”

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Migration, Metaphor and Myth in Media Representations: The Ideological Dichotomy of “Them” and “Us”

Arcimavičienė

Bağlama

2018

Sage Open

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By focussing on the dichotomized metaphorical strategy and myth creation, this study aims to analyze how the U.S. and the European Union (EU) media respond to the entrenched metaphor of migration and refugee "crisis". In this respect, the U.S. and the EU media sources covering the time period from 2015 to 2016 were collected and analyzed in the theoretical framework of conceptual metaphor theory and critical metaphor analysis. By applying the metaphor identification procedure, it has been determined that most of the media narratives contribute to further developing the central bias of migration by means of metaphorical delegitimization that is discursively construed through the binary opposition between "them" and "us." The metaphorical representation has been grouped into two kinds of ideologically represented story lines: (a) the myth of dehumanization, realized through the metaphors of Objects and Commodities; and (b) the myth of moral authority, realized through the metaphors of Natural Phenomena, Crime, and Terrorism. The findings have shown that most of the media narratives both delegitimize and stigmatize the status of a migrant by deeper entrenching the "outsider" stereotype and, therefore, create the general feelings of instability and intolerance within the EU.

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Migration, Metaphor and Myth in Media Representations: The Ideological Dichotomy of “Them” and “Us”

Arcimavičienė

Bağlama

2018

Sage Open

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“…Las metáforas han sido consideradas una parte esencial de la retórica desde tiempos aristotélicos (Charteris-Black 2005;Musolff 2012). Sin embargo, tras la publicación de Lakoff y Johnson (1980) Metaphors we live by, estas dejaron de ser concebidas como fenómenos meramente lingüísticos que se usaban como artilugios persuasivos en la retórica.…”

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“…Buena muestra de ello son los numerosos enfoques relacionados con las metáforas que han sido propuestos en los últimos años (Musolff 2012) y que, tras la resistencia inicial, han logrado establecerse como una parte importante del análisis del discurso político (Chilton 2005). Así, el análisis sistemático de las metáforas presentes en el lenguaje utilizado por perso-nalidades de la política y la aplicación del CDA ha dado lugar a una metodología que Charteris-Black (2004, 2009) denomina Análisis Crítico de la Metáfora (Critical Metaphor Analysis en inglés, CMA en lo sucesivo).…”

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La patria en el discurso político de Pablo Iglesias: la construcción del concepto de patriotismo constructivo a través del lenguaje metafórico

Redondo¹

2016

Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica

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“…Koller (2008) corroborates the importance of examination of the metaphor's discursive properties as well as its origins. Summing up concerns with CTM, Musolff (2012) argues that discursive-pragmatic factors as well as socio-linguistic variation have to be taken into account in order to make cognitive analyses more empirically and socially relevant.…”

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Reframing water governance praxis: Does reflection on metaphors have a role?

Ison

Allan

Collins

2015

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Action for adaptation is needed in the face of anthropogenic climate change. Prologue-operational frames matterIn 1999 NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter was "lost" as it approached the red planet because of incorrect in-flight adjustments. The adjustments were wrong because the Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers used one unit of measurement, and NASA engineers used another-and crucially no one in either team thought to question what units they and the other team were working in (Oberg, 1999). The failure of the mission was caused directly by the nonreflective assumption of similar operational frameworks. We preface the following paper with this infamous tale of loss to emphasise the practical importance of actively reflecting on the operational frameworks in which action occurs.

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The study of metaphor as part of critical discourse analysis

Cited by 135 publications

References 42 publications

Migration, Metaphor and Myth in Media Representations: The Ideological Dichotomy of “Them” and “Us”

Migration, Metaphor and Myth in Media Representations: The Ideological Dichotomy of “Them” and “Us”

La patria en el discurso político de Pablo Iglesias: la construcción del concepto de patriotismo constructivo a través del lenguaje metafórico

Reframing water governance praxis: Does reflection on metaphors have a role?

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