Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse
Abstract
This study investigates the body politic conceptualization of Turkey in political discourse. A corpus-driven Critical Metaphor Analysis is carried out on the corpus of Political Discourse (POLDIS) which consists of political news articles from Turkish, British and American newspapers. The source domains of "BODY", "LIFE", and "HEALTH" are mapped into the target domain: "TURKEY". The manifested general metaphor "A COUNTRY IS AN ANIMATE BEING" and its sub-metaphors are described for both languages. The comparative results show that the conceptual metaphors used for Turkey are in line between both languages, yet the frequency and the resonance of the source domains differ. Adding on to the existing literature, language specific source concepts, such as "FATE" in Turkish and "HANDICAP" in English are identified. The study is preliminary in the sense that it describes how Turkey as a sociopolitical entity is conceptualized in Turkish and English political discourse.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Esranur Efeoğlu
Orta Doğu Teknik Univercity
Türkiye
Hale Işık-güler
Orta Doğu Teknik Univercity
Türkiye
Publication Date
July 3, 2017
Submission Date
December 22, 2016
Acceptance Date
March 22, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 28 Number: 1
