Enemies or obstacles
Metaphors of war and journey in mental health discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21227403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta Coll-Florit (0000-0002-8636-458X, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Salvador Climent (0000-0002-3462-3551, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-203 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Metaphor and the Social World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2210-4070 • E-ISSN: 2210-4097 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/msw.21035.col |
| OpenAlex | W4281695343 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
This study examines the use of metaphors of war and journey in a million-word corpus of Spanish-language blogs written by patients with severe mental disorders and by mental health professionals. Quantitative results indicate that both metaphors are more prevalent among patients than professionals, supporting the idea that they are mostly used in this context for communicating complex and emotionally intense experiences. From a qualitative perspective, our results show that patients use both metaphors to deal with exactly the same ontological elements of the situation (the disorder, symptoms, negative emotions, everyday problems, social prejudice, medical activity, people close to the patients and the patients themselves) but framing them differently. Further analysis shows that both metaphors have positive and negative uses in terms of emotions conveyed, empowerment and suitability for coping with the situation. In light of this, we conclude with a discussion of proposals promoting the positive uses of these metaphors
Empowerment · Linguistics · Metaphor · Patient Empowerment · Political science · Psychotherapist · Humor Studies and Applications · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Literary and Cultural Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |