Ashley Sparks
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ashley Sparks plays a role.
Article
2018 Rhetorical confinement, contrasting metaphors, and cultural polarities: “Yes we can” meets “Carnage in the cities” Metaphor and the Social World 8:2, pp. 247–266 | Article
In this study we contrast metaphors and metaphorical stories in President Trump’s 2017 inaugural address with those of former President Barack Obama’s first inaugural address. We draw on the concept of ‘rhetorical confinement’ (Patterson, 2011) to show how the contrasting life trajectories of the… read more