Decoding Political Discourse: Conceptual Metaphors and Argumentation

By Maria-Ionela Neagu

This book provides an in-depth look into the cognitive and argumentative nature of political discourse with a focus on the role and place of conceptual metaphors in practical argumentation. Neagu's empirical investigation centres on the corpus of the American Presidential debates in 2008 and speeches by Barack Obama from 2009-2011.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113730989X
• ISBN13: 9781137309891
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 129 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"