<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The present paper will analyse manifestations of the journey metaphor from a critical discourse analytical perspective in order to observe how the journey metaphor is used as a discourse strategy in mediatized political speeches and interviews whereby political actors manipulate the second-frame interactional participants (the audience) into sharing a (spurious) sense of solidarity with them. There are three hypotheses that will be tested in the course of the analysis: the first is that a wide-variety of realjourney elements are exploited for the political metaphor of journey, and there is a concrete correspondence between journey vehicles and political scenarios. The second hypothesis is that journey metaphors that are used in political speeches, celebrity interviews and confrontational political interviews are of different types and complexity. The third hypothesis is that the manipulative intent behind the use of metaphors is exposed in the latter types of mediatized political discourse to varying degrees as a result of the different degrees of pragmatic accountability adhered to in the two subgenres. We argue that the first two hypotheses are confirmed on the basis of the qualitative analysis presented in the paper, whereas the third hypothesis is not borne out by the data.</p></abstract>

The present paper will analyse manifestations of the journey metaphor from a critical discourse analytical perspective in order to observe how the journey metaphor is used as a discourse strategy in mediatized political speeches and interviews whereby political actors manipulate the second-frame interactional participants (the audience) into sharing a (spurious) sense of solidarity with them. There are three hypotheses that will be tested in the course of the analysis: the first is that a wide-variety of realjourney elements are exploited for the political metaphor of journey, and there is a concrete correspondence between journey vehicles and political scenarios. The second hypothesis is that journey metaphors that are used in political speeches, celebrity interviews and confrontational political interviews are of different types and complexity. The third hypothesis is that the manipulative intent behind the use of metaphors is exposed in the latter types of mediatized political discourse to varying degrees as a result of the different degrees of pragmatic accountability adhered to in the two subgenres. We argue that the first two hypotheses are confirmed on the basis of the qualitative analysis presented in the paper, whereas the third hypothesis is not borne out by the data.

The Journey Metaphor in Mediatized Political Discourse

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary Department of English Linguistics

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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Cognitive and Critical Perspectives

The present paper will analyse manifestations of the journey metaphor from a critical discourse analytical perspective in order to observe how the journey...

The Journey Metaphor in Mediatized Political Discourse

Published Online: Mar 18, 2016

Page range: 7 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2015-0043

Keywords
journey metaphor, image schemata, political speeches, political interviews

© 2016

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The Journey Metaphor in Mediatized Political Discourse

Published Online: Mar 18, 2016

Page range: 7 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2015-0043

Keywordsjourney metaphor, image schemata, political speeches, political interviews

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
journey metaphor, image schemata, political speeches, political interviews