Metaphors in Online Discussions on Migrant Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Metaphors in Online Discussions on Migrant Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Author(s): Mersina MujagićSubject(s): Language studies, Communication studies, Semantics, Politics and communication, Migration Studies, Geopolitics, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Pedagoški fakultet Univerziteta u Bihaću
Keywords: metaphor; MIPVU; migration discourse; European Migrant Crisis;
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses metaphorical linguistic expressions and their corresponding cognitive structures in online debates on the European Migrant Crisis. It provides an overview of the variety of mechanisms we use to talk and think about an important socio-political issue such as migration. The aim is to reveal the ideological background of metaphors identified in online migration debates in Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian languages.
Journal: Post Scriptum
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 8-9
- Page Range: 61-81
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English