Discursive Metaphorical Frames: 'The Violence Over Language' Frame in Serbian and British Newspaper Discourse

Authors

  • Ksenija Bogetić

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2018.10.6

Keywords:

metaphor, framing, language ideology, newspaper discourse

Abstract

This paper proposes an approach to analyzing systematic metaphorical representations in discourse, introducing the notion of discursive metaphorical frames to capture the different levels of conceptualization and generality that contribute to the social meaning of metaphor. The approach is illustrated through an analysis of metaphorical representations of the position of Serbian/English language in Serbian and British newspapers, in light of the growing interest in language observable in European public discourses more recently. One conceptualization, based on the metaphor domain of VIOLENCE, is found to stand out in both Serbian and English articles, but analysis of the VIOLENCE OVER LANGUAGE frame shows that it is nevertheless radically different in the two language contexts, reflecting the different ideologies that may shape contemporary media metadiscourses. The value of the proposed approach in revealing the full crossdiscursive metaphorical frame and its more subtle social meanings is discussed.

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Published

2018-11-21

How to Cite

Bogetić, K. (2018). Discursive Metaphorical Frames: ’The Violence Over Language’ Frame in Serbian and British Newspaper Discourse. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 10(1), 105–130. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2018.10.6

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018): BELLS - volume 10

Section

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS

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