Metaphor in the discourse of 'Revolutionary Organisation November 17' : analysis based on a corpus of the organisation's communiqueÌs
In this thesis, I examine the use of metaphor by Revolutionary Organisation November 17 (17N). In particular, I am concerned with the way in which 17N used metaphor in 82 communiques to represent their victims and targets, the political situation Greece was perceived to be in, and the 17N organisation. My analysis is broadly based on Cognitive Metaphor Theory and placed within the context of studies on the rhetorical and persuasive functions of metaphor. I view metaphor as an important conceptual and linguistic device that reflects and shapes people's beliefs, attitudes, and world views. With the help of corpus analysis methods, I identify particular groups of metaphorical expressions in 17N's texts, which evoke specific source domains, and which are rhetorically exploited by the organisation. During the course of my analysis I use evidence from a background corpus, the Hellenic National Corpus, to support my claims on the frequency and use of metaphorical expressions in 17N's texts. Moreover, I take into account the immediate co-text and context of 17N's communiques as well as the broader historical and cultural context in which the communiques were produced. Based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis
Gogorosi, Eleni
Metaphor in the discourse of 'Revolutionary Organisation November 17' : analysis based on a corpus of the organisation's communiqueÌs. In this thesis, I examine the use of metaphor by Revolutionary Organisation November 17 (17N). In particular, I am concerned with the way in which 17N used metaphor in 82 communiques to represent their victims and targets, the political situation Greece was perceived to be in, and the 17N organisation. My analysis is broadly based on Cognitive Metaphor Theory and placed within the context of studies on the rhetorical and persuasive functions of metaphor. I view metaphor as an important conceptual and linguistic device that reflects and shapes people's beliefs, attitudes, and world views. With the help of corpus analysis methods, I identify particular groups of metaphorical expressions in 17N's texts, which evoke specific source domains, and which are rhetorically exploited by the organisation. During the course of my analysis I use evidence from a background corpus, the Hellenic National Corpus, to support my claims on the frequency and use of metaphorical expressions in 17N's texts. Moreover, I take into account the immediate co-text and context of 17N's communiques as well as the broader historical and cultural context in which the communiques were produced. Based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis
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