Politicians and Rhetoric

The Persuasive Power of Metaphor

J. Charteris-Black

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English

Palgrave
25 October 2006

linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Semantics; Communication studies; Political science & theory

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 monsters, villains and heroes. Metaphors are shown to interact with other figures of speech to communicate subliminal meanings by drawing on the unconscious emotional association of words.

By: J. Charteris-Black
Imprint: Palgrave
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 325g
ISBN: 9780230019812
ISBN 10: 0230019811
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 October 2006
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

JONATHAN CHARTERIS-BLACK is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Surrey, UK. He has published extensively in the areas of figurative language, corpus linguistics, cognitive semantics and English for specific purposes. He is the author of Corpus Approaches to Critical Metaphor Analysis, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2004.

Reviews for Politicians and Rhetoric: The Persuasive Power of Metaphor

'Overall...this book is highly recommended for readers interested in questions of political discourse or language, particularly given its methodological contribution to a field dominated by issues and texts of abstract theorisation.'- Lee Jarvis, Political Studies Review '[T]he book raises major questions for discourse scholars. Regarding materials, Charteris-Black strives for balance between UK and US leaders from both the left and right, and it is refreshing to see a scholar who has no obvious axe to grind.' - Discourse & Communication