Politics, gender, and conceptual metaphors

By Kathleen Ahrens

Subjects: Metaphor, Women, Communication in politics, Women legislators, Political oratory, Political activity, Sex role, Sex differences, Language and languages, Political aspects

Description: "International researchers examine the interplay between gender and metaphor in political language in the UK, the USA, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and Singapore. Drawing on a variety of corpus data to determine to what extent conceptual metaphors used by women in political power differ with, or remain the same as that of men"--Provided by publisher.