Situationally-triggered metaphor as political argument
Anaïs Augé
Abstract:This paper proposes to investigate the public responses to situationally-triggered metaphors as these have been
observed in political argumentation. Situationally-triggered metaphors occur when a nonmetaphorical connection is made between the
metaphor and an aspect of the relevant situational context. The question addressed in this research is: how are such metaphors
perceived by the public when these form part of the political argumentation? To answe… Show more
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