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EnglishGeorge Lakoff (1993: 203) has described metaphor as “a major and indispensable part of our ordinary conventional way of conceptualizing the world”. But, as Charteris-Black (2005: 13) explains, this conceptualizing is not simply a neutral cognitive act. Politicians, for example, understand the potential of metaphor as a persuasive rhetorical figure. In the topical public debate on the environment, where environmental discourse has achieved a certain currency thanks to the actions of pressure groups such as Greenpeace, metaphors have a key role to play in influencing attitudes. This study explores the construction of environmental discourse in a recent white paper from the British government, with a special emphasis on the persuasive power of the metaphors used. It suggests that to use the notion of “value” as a key metaphor is a questionable rhetorical strategy on many levels, though it may have some persuasive power in the corporate sphere.
| Titolo: | The Natural Choice? Metaphors for nature in a UK government white paper |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11769/82734 |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-9767-1 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio) |
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