Language, Cognition, and Drone Warfare
Applying Cognitive Linguistic Tools in the Critical Analysis of Drone Discourses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Voice (0000-0001-6193-9554, University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 425-443 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17526272.2022.2116192 |
| OpenAlex | W4293769820 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
This paper presents a cognitively oriented analysis of metaphorical and descriptive language, showing how an understanding of cognitive linguistics can be employed by scholars working on drone texts to enhance and support their analyses. Cognitive linguistics provides a powerful framework for understanding the conceptual structure of language, and the choices made by authors in the ways they choose to construe their experiences. Conceptual Blending Theory and Cognitive Grammar’s notion of construal are introduced as linguistic frameworks through which the ideological structures of drone discourses can be interrogated. Overall, it argues that approaches from cognitive linguistics offers valuable resources for understanding how common patterns in discourse (re)produce and resist ideological stances on drone warfare, and it provides example analyses from a range of sources to demonstrate how these particular frameworks can contribute to the analysis of language and ideology
Cognition · Cognitive grammar · Cognitive linguistics · Cognitive science · Construal level theory · Drone · Grammar · Ideology · Linguistic description · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy · Psychology
Cognitive Grammar
Metaphor Wars
Corpus Approaches to Critical Metaphor Analysis
Washing the Brain – Metaphor and Hidden Ideology
Cognitive Linguistics
Metaphors We Live By
“Not Soldiers but Fire-fighters” – Metaphors and Covid-19
Life in the Age of Drone Warfare
Situated simulation in the human conceptual system
Elite Discourse and Racism
Fetishised data
Towards an Understanding of Drone Fiction
Critical discourse analysis and metaphor
The study of metaphor as part of critical discourse analysis
Drone Disorientations
Getting drones wrong
Embodying algorithmic war
From war memoirs to milblogs
Distance, proximity, and authenticity in the point of view of US military drone operator autobiographies
Drones, Swarms and Becoming-Insect
Predatory War, Drones and Torture
Businesswomen and war metaphors
From a View to a Kill
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |