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The (In)Appropriateness of the WAR Metaphor in Response to Sars-CoV-2

A Rapid Analysis of Donald J. Trump's Rhetoric

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ID22093089
AutoresBenjamin R Bates (0000-0001-5948-1396, Ohio University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen5
Fecha de publicación2020-06-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2297-900X • E-ISSN: 2297-900X
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fcomm.2020.00050
OpenAlexW3037750690
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas15

The virus SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes (COVID-19) are unfamiliar topics to most publics. One mechanism used by political leaders to make the strange and unfamiliar more understandable and familiar to their publics is using metaphor. In his responses to SARS-CoV-2, US President Donald Trump used the WAR metaphor to shape public understanding. In this analysis, I reveal how the entailments chosen by Trump to complete this metaphor lead to rhetorical incoherence and undermine policy response to SARS-CoV02. I conclude with a call to reject WAR as a metaphor for understanding SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and, instead, encourage adopting alternative metaphors to shape public understanding

Linguistics · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Publics · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies

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Obras citantes distintas19
Citas por año3,17
Intervalo de citas2020 - 2025 (6)
Velocidad de citaciónrecent
Altamente citadoNo
Tipos de citaNeutras: 16
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