The Politics of Climate Change Metaphors in the U.S. Discourse Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Analysis from an Ecolinguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

This book uses critical metaphor analysis to show from a cognitive perspective how climate change is conceptualized in the USA. The author enriches his linguistic analysis with cognitive aspects such as source-target domain mapping and metaphor opposition to explain how metaphor works in terms of fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Al-Shboul, Othman Khalid
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Climate Change Discourse/Politics in Linguistic Studies
  • Chapter 3: A Detailed Overview of Theory: CDA, Ecolinguistics and Metaphor
  • Chapter 4: Methods and Strategies of Sampling
  • Chapter 5: Analyzing Politicians’ Metaphors Supporting the U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris agreement
  • Chapter 6: Analyzing Politicians’ Metaphors Opposing the U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
  • Chapter 7: The Politicians’ Use of Mixed Metaphors in the U.S. Climate Discourse
  • Chapter 8: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Climate Discourse in the Web News
  • Chapter 9: Ecosophy
  • Chapter 10: Contributions