Metaphor in Political Discourse: Basics, Concepts of the Linguistic Nature Of Metaphor Political Discourse As a Subject Of Political Linguistics

by Valida Karimova

The language for me is a pen-friend. Long human words were easy, but short words were unpredictable. From this point, I have chosen to write a book on metaphor because I consider this area to be the most exciting new line.
The purpose of this book is to investigate the metaphor used in political discourse in the English language, proceeding from the cognitive point of view. it is expected to perform the following tasks:
-to review existing definitions of metaphor in literature;
-to describe the functions and structural characteristics of metaphor in language;
-to choose the usage examples of metaphors in English political discourse and to conduct their analysis;
-to identify the main characteristics of political discourse;
-to identify the main functions of metaphor not only politically, but also linguistically.
The greatest pleasure of the Author is to have the opportunity to dedicate this book to the linguistics and young researchers. I wish them not to fed up, and continually look forward and go forward to their goals.
I decided that it would be useful and rewarding to undertake a study in which I would rely on. By making my Work published I agreed to make a comprehensive investigation of Metaphor in Political Discourse. In the course of my study, I interviewed formally or conducted informal discussions with local and foreign professors, scientists, and instructors in this field. As far as I can recall, no scientist whom I approached denied me an interview, and most – even gave me confidence, stimulus, help, attention, and additional information according to Work. Unfortunately, if I had included even half of the work worthy of review, this book would be several times longer than it is.

52 pages, Hardcover

First published October 19, 2016

About the author

I graduated from secondary school No. 47 (English bias) in 2008, in Baku. During 2008-2012 years I finished a bachelor's degree from the "English language and literature" major with an Honor Diploma. During 2011-2012 years I worked as an English instructor at “Dunya School”. 2013-2015, I finished a master's degree from the “Linguistics” major with an Honor diploma. During 2012-2017 I worked as a Dean assistant at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. From 2017 to 2019 I worked as a Vice-Dean at the same faculty. Since 2011, I have substantial teaching experience. I’m an experienced reviewer in several foreign journals such as “International Journal of Linguistics and Education” and “International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation” in the United States, NEW YORK, NY. I’m a member of the Editorial Board in London Journal Press. I awarded “Quarterly Franklin Membership”. I’m an executive secretary in the local “Pedagogy” journal also BSEC’s senior scholar. I published 1 book in Germany, Saarbrucken named “Metaphor in Political Discourse”. I compiled one “Subject Program” for a bachelor's degree in “Philology” (English language and literature) on the subject “English Stylistics and speech culture”. I’m an author of numerous journal articles in local and foreign countries such as in the USA, UK, Georgia, Turkey, Moscow, Czech Republic, Prague, Kazan, Volgograd, Saint Petersburg, etc. I participated and still is a participant in many local and foreign conferences, projects, workshops, seminars, training, and congresses. Several times I’ve been awarded the honorary title of “Successful Author”, leadership award “Highly Favored Colleague”, “Appreciation” from the Ministry of Education by the Republic of Azerbaijan, and "Excellence in Reviewing". Research areas of focus are stylistics, lexicology, psycho-linguistics, socio-linguistics, applied linguistics, and discourse. I defended my Ph.D. dissertation in Germanic languages.

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[Valida Karimova · Rating 5 out of 5]

The purpose of this book is to investigate the metaphor used in political discourse in the English language, proceeding from the cognitive point of view. It is expected to perform the following tasks:
-to review existing definitions of metaphor in literature;
-to describe the functions and structural characteristics of metaphor in language;
-to choose the usage examples of metaphors in English political discourse and to conduct their analysis;
-to identify the main characteristics of political discourse;
-to identify the main functions of metaphor not only politically, but also linguistically.