Publications

Publication details [#26835]

Thornborrow, Joanna. 1993. Metaphors of security: a comparison of representation in defence discourse in post-cold-war France and Britain. Discourse & Society 4 (1) : 99–119.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

metaphor | political language | representational structure

Language as a subject

English | French

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0957-9265

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper investigates and compares different types of French and English metaphoric representations within the domain of European security and defense, analyzing press reports of two 1990 European summit meetings on security.