Essays about: "political metaphor"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words political metaphor.

1. 16. Disease and disaster : On the translation of illness and natural force metaphors in a journalistic political essay

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jenny Daneback; [2017]
   Keywords : Cognitive metaphor theory; English; megametaphor; metaphor; rhetorical device; source domain; Swedish; translation;

   Abstract : This essay deals with the translation of certain metaphors in a journalistic political essay. It focuses on metaphor as a conceptual and rhetorical device, and on the translation of metaphors that make use of the source domains NATURAL FORCE and ILLNESS. READ MORE

3. 17. Reviewing the Rhetoric of Donald Trump's Twitter of the 2016 Presidential Election

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Chang Liu; [2017]
   Keywords : Political communication; Social networks; Twitter; Rhetoric; Metaphor; Trump;

   Abstract : With the development of science and technology, political communication is not only through television, radio and other traditional media in 21st century and political communication through the Internet become an inevitable trend. It is worth noting that Twitter has become a popular tool in political campaigning. READ MORE

4. 18. The Elephant in the Courtroom: The Universality of Rights vs the Uniqueness of Human Animals in the Law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Charmaine Murray; [2017]
   Keywords : RIGHTS ANIMAL HUMAN SPECIESISM LAW LEGAL EXCLUSION INTERCONNECTIVITY UNIVERSALITY; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The elephant in the courtroom is a metaphor for the overt problem facing the human rights discourse concerning the reluctance to recognize rights beyond the human animal. The growing global development of animal rights law in both the legislature and the judiciary of many jurisdictions, exposes the ethical dilemma of human rights that has been the defining characteristic of codified rights since their conception. READ MORE

5. 19. Persuasion in Rhetoric : A Critical Metaphor Analysis of the Use of Metaphor in Pro-war Political Speeches

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Shaymaa Esmail; [2016]
   Keywords : Cognitive Linguistics; Critical Metaphor Analysis; rhetoric; metaphor; persuasion;

   Abstract : This paper is investigating how metaphors are used in political speeches to achieve persuasion. By analyzing three speeches dealing with the 2003 Iraq war delivered by Bush, Blair and Howard, I try to find out the similarities and differences in how metaphors are constructed; how they are used as a persuasive technique; and lastly if the different military contribution of the three countries affected how metaphors are constructed. READ MORE

6. 20. Finding The Women's Voice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Sandra Komuhiimbo; [2016]
   Keywords : Gender; Feminism; Media; Radio; Women s Radio; Voice; Women s Voice; Civic Engagement; Women s Movement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : “There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women,” Kofi Annan (UN News Center, 2005). The empowerment of women takes different forms such as pursuit of education, participation in political activities and representation in leadership, equal employment opportunities and wages, access to health care and ability to make decisions on personal reproductive health, economic bargaining and decision making power and access to all public social services among others. READ MORE