Responding to the risk of terrorism

The Contribution of Metaphor

Bibliographic Data

ID3881552
AuthorsLynne Cameron (The Open University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume26
Issuespe
Pages587-614
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-4450 • E-ISSN: 1678-460X
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-44502010000300010
OpenAlexW1985494831
SCIELO_PIDS0102-44502010000300010
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited24

This discourse-based study investigated semantic and affective aspects of metaphors used by people talking about background risk of terrorism. 96 members of the UK public participated in 12 focus group discussions, organized by gender, religion (Muslim / non-Muslim), and socio-economic status. 12,362 metaphors were identified in transcribed talk, coded for vehicle domain and discourse topic, and subjected to qualitative and some quantitative analyses. In contrast to negative, dominant metaphors found in studies of media and political discourse, 'ordinary' people use an intersecting range of systematic metaphors, including "GAMES OF CHANCE", "NATURAL WORLD" and "THEATER". Affect works across linguistic metaphors with various source domains, and in connection with non-metaphorical language such as reflection on action and explicit expression of empathy. Gender, religion and social class intersect in metaphor preferences

Action (physics) · Affect (linguistics) · Conceptual metaphor · Discourse analysis · Empathy · Epistemology · Expression (computer science) · Linguistics · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Advanced Text Analysis Techniques · Communication · Educational Research and Analysis · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology

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