Decoding Political Discourse

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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3. Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Political Discourse Analysis

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4. Decoding Conceptual Metaphors

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5. Symbolic Power and Argumentation

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6. Concluding Thoughts

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7. Back Matter

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This book provides an in-depth look into the cognitive and argumentative nature of political discourse with a focus on the role and place of conceptual metaphors in practical argumentation. Neagu's empirical investigation centres on the corpus of the American Presidential debates in 2008 and speeches by Barack Obama from 2009-2011.

• Discourse
• politics
• metaphor
• argumentation
• Argumentation
• conflict
• discourse
• discourse analysis
• Index
• Symbol

"This is a valuable addition to the existing literature on cognitive and argumentative approaches to political discourse." - Isabela Fairclough, University of Central Lancashire, UK

• Petroleum-Gas University of Ploieşti, Romania

  Maria-Ionela Neagu

Maria-Ionela Neagu is Senior Lecturer in the Philology Department at Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania. Her previous publications include Language Education Policies in Romania (2008, Romanian edition) and English Syntax. Basic Concepts: the Syntax of the Simple Sentence (2009).

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