Abstract:This paper investigates the socio-political implications of sceptical metaphors in French discourse about the
climate crisis. Existing literature has demonstrated the prevalence of religion metaphors in English sceptical discourse.
Yet, in France, religious references in language use are limited as such references have been considered “anti-revolutionary”
since the storming of the Bastille, in 1789. I thus ask to what extent sceptical metaphors in French climate crisis discourse
differ from… Show more
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