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Publication details [#60075]

Chan, Ariel Shuk-ling and Foong Ha Yap. 2015. “Please continue to be an anime lover”: The use of defamation metaphors in Hong Kong electoral discourse. Journal of Pragmatics 87 : 31–53.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This socio-pragmatic and cognitive inquiry of defamation metaphors in Hong Kong electoral discourse, discloses how their use, sometimes with humour inserted, permits politicians to negotiate (and renegotiate) political identities for and with each other, whilst concurrently addressing delicate political issues in a less face-threatening manner.