Metaphors in Political Communication: a case study of the use of deliberate Metaphors in Non-Institutional Political Interviews

This article analyses the use of (deliberate) metaphors in political discourse pro- duced by French-speaking Belgian regional parliamentarians during non-insti- tutional political interviews. The article first investigates if the use of deliberate metaphor limits itself to a particular type of political discourse (i.e. public and institutional political discourse) or if metaphor use is also found in other types of settings (i.e. non-institutional political discourse). Second, the article analyses the variation of deliberate metaphor use between political actors depending on gender, seniority a... Mehr ...