Tesis doctoral: Hell ín, M. J. Framing Terrorism via Metaphors: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004-2007).

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Tesis doctoral:
Hellín García, María José. 2008. Framing Terrorism via Metaphors: José
Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004-2007). University of Minnesota,
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
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1. Autora:
Hellín García, María José.

2. Título de la tesis
Framing Terrorism via Metaphors: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004-2007)
    2.1 Número de páginas:
    2.2 Palabras clave: Discourse Analysis, Spanish

3. Fecha de lectura o defensa: July 2008

4. Departamento, centro o laboratorio en el que se ha desarrollado:
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Minnesota, MN
EE.UU

5. Director
Francisco Ocampo

6. Proyecto o línea de investigación en el que se incluye

7. Resumen e índice

This study explores how José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero conceptualizes
terrorism and aspects related to it through metaphorical expressions.
This includes a revision of the definition of the metaphor along with
the identification and analysis of the following elements:
- the syntactic patterns of metaphorical instances,
- metaphor keywords,
- source domains,
- conceptual metaphors, and
- conceptual keys.

The interpretation and explanation of all these elements is provided
within the social, historical, and geopolitical context. Furthermore,
this study also intends to address issues in the process of analyzing
metaphorical expressions within political discourse, debating problems
that the data reveals, and how I determine to solve these issues. This
allows me to develop a more precise and detailed method for analyzing
metaphorical expressions with real data. The corpus is based on
Zapatero's political discourse during his presidency (April 2004 to
April 2007). Only the parts of the political speeches that mention
aspects related to terrorism were selected from the corpus.

Past research has analyzed metaphorical language from a cognitive,
semantic, and pragmatic point of view. This study undertakes a
cognitive, semantic, and pragmatic perspective in analyzing the
framing of terrorism. The cognitive approach will help to understand
and interpret the metaphor as a part of human thought, and the
pragmatic analysis will help to interpret the context in which the
metaphors occur. I build on two main approaches: a cognitive
perspective, Lakoff's Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and a pragmatic
perspective, Charteris-Black's Critical Metaphor Analysis.

My research suggests that the definition of metaphor should include
the analysis of syntactic patterns in order to be able to identify
them in corpus. Furthermore, the
identification and categorization of metaphorical elements are not
always clear. This indicates that metaphor is part of a continuum
rather than having clear-cut boundaries. This study also shows that
the coexistence of metaphorical elements such as source domains allows
for the framing and conceptualization of terrorism. Finally, all
metaphorical elements provide a frame of reference to build and reveal
Zapatero's political ideology in a systematic and consistent way.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS i
DEDICATION ii
ABSTRACT iii
LIST OF TABLES x

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1

Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 8
2.1 Defining metaphor 9
2.1.1 Semantic orientations 9
The Substitution Theory 11
The Comparison Theory 12
The Interaction Theory 15
The Salience -Imbalance Theory 16
The Structure-Mapping Theory 17
The Class-Inclusion Theory 19
The Attributive Categorization Theory 21
The Domain Interaction Theory 22
2.1.2 Pragmatic orientations 24
The Speech Act Theory 24
The Relevance Theory 26
2.2 Cognitive and pragmatic considerations in the definition of metaphor 28

Chapter 3: METAPHOR IN POLITICS 38
3.1 Metaphors and framing 41
3.2 Metaphors and political ideology 48

Chapter 4: SPAIN: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND 53
4.1 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero: political ideology 53
4.2 Terrorism: historical and geopolitical context 59

Chapter 5: METHODOLOGY 61
5.1 The corpus 61
5.2. Selection of the parts that conceptualize terrorism in the
political speeches 63
5.3 Theoretical framework: considerations and unsolved problems 64
5.3.1 Lakoff's Conceptual Metaphor Theory 64
5.3.2 Charteris-Black's Critical Metaphor Analysis 65
5.3.2.1 Metaphor Identification 67
5.3.2.2 Metaphor Interpretation 74
5.3.2.3 Metaphor Explanation 76
5.4 Decisions and criteria 79

Chapter 6: DATA ANALYSIS I: definition of metaphor, metaphor keywords,
and source domains 83
6.1. Definition of metaphor 84
6.1.1 Abstractness versus concreteness 85
6.1.2 Identification of the patterns of metaphor 86
6.1.2.1 Type 1: A is B 87
6.1.2.2 Type 2: Noun phrase construction 94
6.1.2.3 Type 3: Verb phrase construction 99
6.1.2.4 Summary of the patterns of metaphor 107
6.2 Identification, interpretation, and explanation of metaphor keywords 110
6.2.1 Issues in the identification of metaphor keywords 110
6.2.2 Analysis and discussion of metaphor keywords 115
6.3 Identification, interpretation, and explanation of source domains 116
6.3.1 Issues in the identification of source domains 116
6.3.2 Analysis and discussion of source domains 121
6.3.2.1 Animal 122
6.3.2.2 Body 126
6.3.2.3 Building 142
6.3.2.4 Communication 149
6.3.2.5 Commitment 154
6.3.2.6 Contrast 156
6.3.2.7 Fear 160
6.3.2.8 Field 161
6.3.2.9 Fight 168
6.3.2.10 Game 180
6.3.2.11 Ideology 183
6.3.2.12 Kingdom 192
6.3.2.13 Money 194
6.3.2.14 Motion 196
6.3.2.15 Pedagogy 205
6.3.2.16 Protection 208
6.3.2.17 Religion 210
6.3.2.18 Space 212
6.3.2.19 Unity 217
6.3.2.20 Summary of metaphor source domains 219

Chapter 7: DATA ANALYSIS II: conceptual metaphors and conceptual keys 221
7. 1 Issues in the identification of conceptual metaphors and
conceptual keys 223
7. 2 Analysis and discussion of metaphor conceptual metaphors and
conceptual keys 226
7.3 Summary of conceptual metaphors and conceptual keys 245

Chapter 8: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 248
8.1 Metaphor identification, interpretation, and explanation 250
8.2 Summary of the study 258
8.3 Limitations 260
8.4 Future research 260

Appendices
Appendix A: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of animal 261
Appendix B: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of body 262
Appendix C: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of building 270
Appendix D: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of communication 274
Appendix E: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of commitment 277
Appendix F: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of contrast 279
Appendix G: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of fear 281
Appendix H: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of field 282
Appendix I: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of fight 286
Appendix J: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of game 301
Appendix K: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of ideology 302
Appendix L: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of kingdom 304
Appendix M: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of money 305
Appendix N: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of motion 306
Appendix O: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of pedagogy 318
Appendix P: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of protection 321
Appendix Q: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of religion 323
Appendix R: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of space 324
Appendix S: metaphorical expressions from the source domain of unity 327
Appendix T: conceptual metaphors from all the source domains 330
Appendix U: conceptual keys from all the source domains 334
References 336

8. Correo-e de la autora:
majohellingarcia at yahoo.com

9. Cómo obtener la tesis
Contactar con la autora

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