Book of Donmon Teith

Until a century ago, a metaphor was just a mere figure of speech, but since the development of discourse analysis a metaphor has become more than merely inciden

The objective of this book is to understand variation in political metaphor. Political metaphors are distinctive and important because they are used to achieve

Far from being rhetorical ornaments, metaphors play a central role in public discourse, as they shape the structure of political categorisation and argumentatio

This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used systematically to create political myths of

Political metaphors and related figurative discourse tools are characterised by their variability and contentiousness. Using them, discourse participants try to