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Author: | Charteris-Black, J. |
Title: | Britain as a container: immigration metaphors in the 2005 election campaign |
Journal: | Discourse & Society
2006 : SEP, VOL. 17:5, p. 563-581 |
Index terms: | elections politics communication cognition immigration policy United Kingdom |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | In this article, it is explored how metaphors (hereafter as: mphs.) contribute to the formation of legitimacy in right-wing political communication on immigration policy in the 2005 British election campaign. Two main types of mphs. are identified: 1. 'natural disaster' mphs. predominantly relating to fluids, and 2. 'container' mphs. relating to building-up of a pressure within or outside a container. These two types are related through the notion of a bounded area protecting what is within from external danger. |
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