Ben Fenton-Smith
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ben Fenton-Smith plays a role.
Articles
2019 Chapter 4. Knifed in the back: A metaphor analysis of party leadership takeovers Variation in Political Metaphor, Perrez, Julien, Min Reuchamps and Paul H. Thibodeau (eds.), pp. 83–106 | Chapter
A politician’s first public address in the role of party leader is a crucial performative act, as it presents him/her with a rare opportunity to (re) negotiate his/her personal narrative and ‘brand’ before an attentive national audience. Metaphors play an important role in this discursive… read more
2008 Discourse structure and political performance in adversarial parliamentary questioning Journal of Language and Politics 7:1, pp. 97–118 | Article
One of the most high-profile and glamorous speech situations to occur in many parliamentary democracies around the world is the spectacle of Question Time. Whereas most of what goes on in parliament may be drab, perfunctory and arcane, Question Time is often dramatic, adversarial, and highly… read more