The Politics of Climate Change Metaphors in the U.S. Discourse
Othman Khalid Al-Shboul
Broschiertes Buch

The Politics of Climate Change Metaphors in the U.S. Discourse

Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Analysis from an Ecolinguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

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This book uses critical metaphor analysis to show from a cognitive perspective how climate change is conceptualized in the USA. The author enriches his linguistic analysis with cognitive aspects such as source-target domain mapping and metaphor opposition to explain how metaphor works in terms of framing this issue, drawing on a Critical Discourse Analysis-informed framework to demonstrate how politicians represent the climate crisis in their attempts to trigger social change. Using a data set of speeches given by US-based politicians, governors and mayors speaking in the context of the withdr...