Politicians and Rhetoric: The Persuasive Power of Metaphor

Charteris-Black, J.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2004-11-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403946898

DOI: 10.1057/9780230501706

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 239