ISBN: 9783031190186 - the politics of climate change metaphors in the u.s. discourse: conceptual metaphor theory and analysis from an ecolinguistics and critical discourse analysis perspective (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Politics of Climate Change Metaphors in the U.S. Discourse | Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Analysis from an Ecolinguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective | Othman Khalid Al-Shboul | Taschenbuch | xix | Englisch | 2024 | Springer | EAN 9783031190186 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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 andmetaphor oppositionto 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 withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement, the bookcategorizes metaphors on different conceptions such as war, construction, unfairness, journey, and cleanliness to bridge the gap between ecolinguistics and critical metaphor analysis. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in fields including applied linguistics, political communication, ecolinguistics,and cognitive linguistics and psychology.…