Silvia Peterssen

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List of John Benjamins publications for which Silvia Peterssen plays a role.

Articles

Peterssen, Silvia 2024 Polarisation in Venezuelan presidential tweets: Metaphors and social actor representations as divisive tools Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict: Online-First Articles | Article
The Venezuelan Presidential Crisis emerged as a unique polarising political scenario in January 2019, when Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly, proclaimed himself interim president of the country, despite the victory obtained by Nicolás Maduro in the May 2018 presidential elections.… read more
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Peterssen, Silvia and Augusto Soares da Silva 2024 Polarising metaphors in the Venezuelan Presidential Crisis Journal of Language and Politics 23:4, pp. 588–616 | Article
The 23rd of January 2019 marked the beginning of the Venezuelan Presidential Crisis, a unique socio-political conflict that confronted Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, to the self-proclaimed leader Juan Guaidó. This paper explores the divisive power of conceptual metaphors in this context… read more