Název: Attack metaphors of the welfare state and austerity across the British press, 2008–2015
Zdrojový dokument: Brno studies in English. 2020, roč. 46, č. 1, s. 21-48
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21-48
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ISSN0524-6881 (print)1805-0867 (online)
Trvalý odkaz (DOI): https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2020-1-2
Trvalý odkaz (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/142600
Type: Článek
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Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
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Abstrakt(y)
This paper analyses a group of metaphors conceptualising the welfare state as a participant in the ATTACK scenario, as well as several related metaphors involving the use of force, in a corpus of British newspaper articles published between 2008 and April 2015. The analysis draws on a point of convergence between Discourse-Historical Approach and Conceptual Metaphor Theory, focusing on the argumentative functions of these metaphors. The paper finds that these particular metaphors are attested predominantly in the left-leaning newspapers. As a predication strategy with a coercive effect, they typically work to axiologically and emotionally undermine the austerity policies of the Coalition government.
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