Metaphor at work in the analysis of political discourse: Investigating a 'preventive war' persuasion strategy

Discourse and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-625

  Ferrari, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fear strategy manipulation; Metaphor; Persuasion; Political discourse; Security discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548776389     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926507079737     Document Type: Article

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