Ben O’Loughlin

List of John Benjamins publications for which Ben O’Loughlin plays a role.

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Ferrari, Federica and Ben O’Loughlin 2018 Chapter 16. Red lines and rash decisions: Syria, metaphor and narrative Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse, Kranert, Michael and Geraldine Horan (eds.), pp. 385–406 | Chapter
Obama’s “red lines” metaphor nearly triggered a military intervention in Syria in the summer of 2013. This chapter questions the work that metaphor does in shaping understandings and conduct in international affairs. The term is used by political leaders to express likely behavioural consequences… read more