Variation in Political Metaphor
Edited by Julien Perrez, Min Reuchamps and Paul H. Thibodeau
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 85] 2019. vi, 212 pp.
Min Reuchamps
List of John Benjamins publications for which Min Reuchamps plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics
The political impact of metaphors
Edited by Julien Perrez and Min Reuchamps
Special issue of Metaphor and the Social World 5:2 (2015) v, 130 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Discourse studies
2023 Metaphors, political knowledge and the basic income debate in Belgium: An experimental study of the framing impact of metaphors on political representations Metaphor and the Social World 13:2, pp. 269–292 | Article
The framing impact of political discourses has long been attested for. Metaphors in particular are known to ease the understanding of complex concepts and processes. Yet, the question remains to what extent metaphors do work the same on different recipients? Based on an experimental design, we… read more
2020 Metaphors in political communication: A case study of the use of deliberate metaphors in non-institutional political interviews Journal of Language and Politics 19:2, pp. 201–225 | Article
This article analyses the use of (deliberate) metaphors in political discourse produced by French-speaking Belgian regional parliamentarians during non-institutional political interviews. The article first investigates if the use of deliberate metaphor limits itself to a particular type of… read more
2019 Introduction: Studying variation in political metaphor: From discourse analysis to experiment Variation in Political Metaphor, Perrez, Julien, Min Reuchamps and Paul H. Thibodeau (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Chapter
The introduction offers an overview of the literature on political metaphors, with Critical Discourse Analysis and Conceptual Metaphor Theory as starting points. It then presents the main objective of the book, viz. to study the variation in political metaphor, based on the analyses of actual data,… read more
2019 Conclusion: A Journey through variation in political metaphor Variation in Political Metaphor, Perrez, Julien, Min Reuchamps and Paul H. Thibodeau (eds.), pp. 195–206 | Chapter
The concluding chapter discusses political, linguistic, psychological, and methodological dimensions related to the study of political metaphor. It highlights common themes discussed in the primary chapters, noting points of convergence in the research questions being investigated, the methods used… read more
2015 The “Belgian Tetris”: Assessing the political impact of metaphors on citizens’ representations of Belgian federalism The political impact of metaphors, Perrez, Julien and Min Reuchamps (eds.), pp. 223–244 | Article
As metaphors not only reflect perceived reality, but can also function as cues through which citizens come to understand complex political processes, the aim of this study is to look at how specific metaphors might impact on the citizens’ framing of Belgian federalism. To measure the impact of… read more
2015 Special issue on the political impact of metaphors The political impact of metaphors, Perrez, Julien and Min Reuchamps (eds.), pp. 165–176 | Article