To Plow the Sea: Metaphors for Regional Peace in Latin America

Rohrer, Tim

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“…A number of researchers have argued that analogy and metaphor play an important role in U.S. foreign policy decision making (Gilovich, 1981;Khong, 1992;Shimko, 1994). Detailed analyses by Lakoff, Johnson, andRohrer (Lakoff, 1991, 1993;Lakoff & Johnson, 1987;Rohrer, 1991Rohrer, , 1995 suggest that metaphors have a considerable effect on how political problems are framed and understood. Voss, Kennet, Wiley, and Schooler (1992), studied the American Senate debates over the Persian Gulf Crisis in 1991 and found that senators used metaphors to present the premise of their reasoning.…”

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Analogy use in naturalistic settings: The influence of audience, emotion, and goals

2001

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The ways in which analogy was used in a nonexperimental environment-politics-was investigated. We used the framework developed in analogy research to analyze the selection of analogical sources in political discourse. We took all the analogies reported in newspapers during the final week of a referendum campaign in Canada and analyzed the features of the different analogies used. We identified 234 analogies and analyzed the range over which analogies were used, semantic categories of analogies, goals of the analogizer, and emotional connotation of the analogies. Our results reveal that analogy was frequently used, that over two-thirds of the analogical sources were nonpolitical, and that many of the sources had strong emotional connotations. Furthermore, the goal of the analogizer influenced the selection of sources. We conclude that characteristics of the audience and emotionality of the source analog are important features in the selection of source analogs.

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“…This work is situated within a growing field of research on metaphor and political discourse (e.g. see Chilton, 1985, 1996, 2006; Chilton and Ilyin, 1993; Chilton and Schäffner, 1997, 2002; Flowerdew and Leong, 2007; Lakoff, 1990, 1992; Lakoff and Johnson, 1980/2003; McEntee-Atalianis, 2011; Musolff, 2001, 2003; Ngonyani, 2002; Obeng, 2002; Rohrer, 1991, 1995; Santa Ana, 1999; Schäffner, 1996; Semino, 2008; Straehle et al, 1999; Wodak et al, 2009).…”

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Stance and metaphor: Mapping changing representations of (organizational) identity

McEntee-Atalianis

2013

Discourse & Communication

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This article illustrates how metaphor is used as a stance-taking resource and strategy to indirectly index enduring and changing representations of organizational identity through an analysis of speeches delivered by consecutive Secretary Generals of an agency of the United Nations. Drawing on Bucholtz and Hall’s (2005, 2006) framework of identity, and recent research on stance (e.g. Du Bois, 2007), it illustrates how metaphor marks attitudes and orientations to context, propositions and social and political structures/relationships. The analysis highlights similarities in the depiction of the organization over two terms of office, but also reveals differences in identity positioning and inter-subjective framing. Particular metaphorical scenarios and mappings are used rhetorically to strengthen subject positions and alignments, and mark evaluations, supporting Du Bois’s theory of stance as a ‘triune’ act. It is argued that a combined analysis of stance and metaphor provides an important framework and instrument for further research on identity construction, especially in organizational and political discourse. Moreover, the theory of stance can be further enhanced through an investigation of metaphorical mappings.

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“…The instrumental value and persuasive power of metaphor in public oratory has been recognized since antiquity; nevertheless contemporary accounts of metaphor in political discourse have become ubiquitous (e.g. Charteris-Black, 2006;Chilton and Ilyin, 1993;Chilton and Schäffner, 1997;Flowerdew and Leong, 2007;Lakoff, 1990Lakoff, , 1992Ngonyani, 2002;Obeng, 2002;Rohrer, 1991Rohrer, , 1995Santa Ana, 1999;Semino, 2008;Straehle et al, 1999;Wodak et al, 2009). Studies have sought to: test theoretical and analytical frameworks; identify and explain patterns of use across a range of speakers and texts; and describe their rhetorical power in the representation and legitimization of contemporary political issues and leadership.…”

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The role of metaphor in shaping the identity and agenda of the United Nations: The imagining of an international community and international threat

McEntee-Atalianis

2011

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This article examines the representation of the United Nations in speeches delivered by its Secretary-General (SG). It focuses on the role of metaphor in constructing a common 'imagining' of international diplomacy and legitimizing an international organizational identity. The SG legitimizes the organization, in part, through the delegitimization of agents/actions/events constructed as threatening to the international community and to the well-being of mankind. It is a desire to combat the forces of menace or evil which are argued to motivate and determine the organizational agenda. This is predicated upon an international ideology of humanity in which difference is silenced and 'working towards the common good' is emphasized. This is exploited to rouse emotions and legitimize institutional power. Polarization and antithesis are achieved through the employment of metaphors designed to enhance positive and negative evaluations. The article further points to the constitutive, persuasive and edifying 1 power of topic and situationally motivated metaphors in speech-making.

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To Plow the Sea: Metaphors for Regional Peace in Latin America

Cited by 14 publications

References 6 publications

Analogy use in naturalistic settings: The influence of audience, emotion, and goals

Analogy use in naturalistic settings: The influence of audience, emotion, and goals

Stance and metaphor: Mapping changing representations of (organizational) identity

The role of metaphor in shaping the identity and agenda of the United Nations: The imagining of an international community and international threat

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