Corpus Approaches to Critical Metaphor Analysis
In a stimulating and novel approach, this book explains why metaphors are persuasive, suggesting that they are ideologically effective because they are cognitively plausible and evoke an emotional response. 'Critical Metaphor Analysis' is then developed i
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Corpus Approaches to Critical Metaphor Analysis Jonathan Charteris-Black
© Jonathan Charteris-Black, 2004 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2004 978-1-4039-3292-1 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2004 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-51630-8 DOI 10.1057/9780230000612
ISBN 978-0-230-00061-2 (eBook)
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Charteris-Black, Jonathan, 1955– Corpus approaches to critical metaphor analysis / Jonathan Charteris-Black. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Metaphor—Data Processing. processing. I. Title.
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Contents
List of figures
ix
List of tables
x
Preface
xii
Acknowledgements
xiv
Style conventions
xv
Introduction
1
Part I Metaphor Background and Theory
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1 Metaphor and Thought 1.1 Metaphor, ideology and thought 1.2 Metaphor and pragmatics 1.3 Cognitive semantics and conceptual metaphor 1.4 Conventional and creative metaphor 1.5 Defining metaphor 1.6 Metaphor and theory construction 1.7 Summary
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2 Critical Approaches to Metaphor 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Critical Discourse Analysis 2.3 Corpus linguistics 2.4 A critical approach to researching metaphors 2.4.1 Metaphor identification 2.4.2 Metaphor interpretation 2.4.3 Metaphor explanation 2.5 Summary
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Part II
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Metaphor in Political Discourse
3 The Metaphors of New Labour 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Metaphor and Europe v
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3.3 Metaphor in New Labour manifestos 3.3.1 Introduction 3.3.2 Analysis of the 1997 New Labour manifesto 3.4 Metaphor in New Labour s
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