Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse

Objectives: This activity allows students to explore the embodied nature of metaphor and its interpretative significance by using gesture and physical movement. Students also understand how, in metaphor, abstract entities are conceptualized in terms of something more concrete.

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Main Author: Giovanelli, Marcello
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31833/
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description Objectives: This activity allows students to explore the embodied nature of metaphor and its interpretative significance by using gesture and physical movement. Students also understand how, in metaphor, abstract entities are conceptualized in terms of something more concrete.
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spelling nottingham-318332020-05-04T17:26:03Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31833/ Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse Giovanelli, Marcello Objectives: This activity allows students to explore the embodied nature of metaphor and its interpretative significance by using gesture and physical movement. Students also understand how, in metaphor, abstract entities are conceptualized in terms of something more concrete. Taylor & Francis 2015-12-22 Article PeerReviewed Giovanelli, Marcello (2015) Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse. Communication Teacher, 30 (1). pp. 39-44. ISSN 1740-4630 Persuasion Rhetoric Communication Theory Metaphor Theory Multimodal Communication. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17404622.2015.1102303 doi:10.1080/17404622.2015.1102303 doi:10.1080/17404622.2015.1102303
spellingShingle Persuasion
Rhetoric
Communication Theory
Metaphor Theory
Multimodal Communication.
Giovanelli, Marcello
Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse
title Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse
title_full Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse
title_fullStr Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse
title_full_unstemmed Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse
title_short Activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse
title_sort activating metaphors: exploring the embodied nature of metaphorical mapping in political discourse
topic Persuasion
Rhetoric
Communication Theory
Metaphor Theory
Multimodal Communication.
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