Argumentative topoi – given by the key concepts in metaphors from the discourse on the environmental protection and energy policy. A frame-based analysis Cover Image

Argumentationstopoi ? vermittelt durch Schlüsselkonzepte in Metaphern aus dem Diskurs über den Umweltschutz und die Energiepolitik. Eine framebasierte Analyse
Argumentative topoi – given by the key concepts in metaphors from the discourse on the environmental protection and energy policy. A frame-based analysis

Author(s): Magdalena Szulc-Brzozowska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Instytut Germanistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: argumentative topoi; discourse analysis; frame; metaphor

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse metaphors in German public discourse in the environmental issues and energy policy. The metaphorical expressions, which appear as the key concepts in this discourse and evoke certain cognitive frames, will be examined carefully. By the means of these metaphorical frames, there are structured argumentative topoi which will be de ned and clari ed in this paper. Therefore, the objective of the analysis is to study the key concepts from the frame-based point of view in order to reveal the argumentative topoi.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 137-174
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: German