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Politicians and Rhetoric

The Persuasive Power of Metaphor

Bibliographic Data

ID23399702
AuthorsJonathan Charteris-Black, Jonathan Charteris‐black (corresponding author)
Year2005
Publication date2005-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenuePoliticians and Rhetoric (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9780230501706
OpenAlexW4236321109
Open LibraryOL37105276M
ISBN9780230501706
LanguageEN
Citations received204

This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used systematically to create political myths of monsters, villains and heroes. Metaphors

Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Metaphor · Mythology · Political rhetoric · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Philosophy

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Citations per year9,71
Citation span2005 - 2026 (22)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
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