Tri metafora konceptuale në ligjërimin politik në Shqipëri
Three Conceptual Metaphors in Political Discourse in Albania

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to shed light to the employment of some conceptual metaphors and metaphorical scenarios in the Albanian political discourse. The theoretical framework of the paper is focused on concepts related to the political discourse, ideology and the analysis of language devices that serve for the rhetorical strategy. The empirical data for this research is collected from the minutes of the plenary sessions of the Albanian Parliament and from various speeches of important political leaders. The conceptual metaphors in this discursive variety are either used in the same way that other Albanian speakers use them or connotatively especially for the sake of polemics, irony and satire. Through a Critical discourse analysis, it is noticed that there are some very generic conceptual metaphors in the Albanian Political Discourse, such as POWER IS FOOD, GOVERNING IS A VEHICLE, and MEDIA IS A CALDRON etc. The present paper draws the conclusion that the Albanian politics suffers the populist syndrome and thus conceptual metaphors could be interpreted as a communicative trick employed not only to address the political adversary but also to interpose textual features that are very common to the daily informal speech of the people.

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