THE DYNAMICS OF THE JOURNEY METAPHOR IN THE DISCOURSE OF THE CONSERVATIVES IN LITHUANIA
THE DYNAMICS OF THE JOURNEY METAPHOR IN THE DISCOURSE OF THE CONSERVATIVES IN LITHUANIA
Author(s): Jurga CibulskienėSubject(s): Political history, Descriptive linguistics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Rhetoric
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: conceptual metaphor; journey; politics; within-cultural temporal variation; rhetorical implications;
Summary/Abstract: The conceptual metaphor of JOURNEY is comprehended as one of the most conventional metaphors underlying our experience. We understand LIFE, LOVE, CAREER, SUCCESS in terms of a JOURNEY. The article focuses on the target domain of POLITICS and analyzes the conceptual metaphor POLITICS IS A JOURNEY which structures the public discourse of the Conservatives in Lithuania. It is hypothesized that linguistic metaphorical expressions underlying the conceptual metaphor POLITICS IS A JOURNEY are likely to have a temporal character. It means that we can follow how metaphorical expressions alter within one political discourse but at different periods of time – before joining the European Union and NATO and after it. Thus, different content is supposed to show new ideas emerging in the political discourse of Lithuania.
Journal: Respectus Philologicus
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 14 (19)
- Page Range: 97-107
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
