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Article published In: Aspects of Metaphor
Edited by Maria Theodoropoulou
[Review of Cognitive Linguistics 23:1] 2025
► pp. 10–34

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Metaphor clusters in political discourse

 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Published online: 29 August 2024
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Abstract
The paper explores the creative combination of metaphors, both complex and mixed. The data for the study are drawn from political discourse concerning the target concept of crisis. Building on the argument that constructional parameters facilitate metaphor clustering, the paper also focuses on adjectival constructions. The general claim that constructional parameters and figurative meaning are interdependent is thus supported. It is shown that as complex and mixed metaphors are created, they both reveal and emphasize the speakers’ political ideologies.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Aims of the study
  • 3.Metaphor clustering
    • 3.1Complex metaphors
    • 3.2Metaphor mixing
  • 4.Analysis and discussion
    • 4.1Complex metaphor clustering
    • 4.2Complex and mixed metaphor clustering
  • 5.Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Dictionaries
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