When it comes to framing the war linguistically, metaphors have always been key for many politicians in conveying their message and distinguishing in a simplistic manner between good and evil.
Employing metaphors in political discourse helps politicians simplify their content and make the audience understand their message more clearly, as Lakoff notes: “Abstractions and enormously complex situations are routinely understood via metaphor” (1991: 25). Lakoff further describes the use of metaphors as something not necessarily good or bad, but rather depicts it as a stylistic device that is widely common even in everyday language.
Therefore, it seems highly interesting to look even closer at how metaphors are being used in the context of war-related speech in the United States. The focus of this paper will be on metaphors used in the State of the Union Address, since I assume that the latter is perfectly suited for an exemplary analysis of how war-related metaphors are constructed and which specific purpose they serve.
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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Research questions
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion of Results
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
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- Simon Brandl (Autor), 2014, Framing the War. The Use of Metaphors in US Political Discourse, Múnich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/337198
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