
This study contains the analysis of metaphors of disease in “Black Lives Matter” movement’s political narrative on the basis of “The Seattle Times” newspaper (May – September 2020). The research revealed the predominance of two conceptual metaphors: “the body politic is diseased organism” and “racism is disease”. The first metaphor is used to intensify the pragmatic meaning of the danger facing modern American society. The second one is applied to actualise the imperative to combat racism and to amplify anti-republican moods among readers.
В статье проанализированы метафоры болезни в нарративе «Движение Black Lives Matter» на примере материалов газеты «The Seattle Times» (май - сентябрь 2020 г.). Выявлены две основные концептуальные метафоры: “the body politic is diseased organism” и “racism is disease”. Первая концептуальная метафора призвана активизировать прагматический смысл опасности проблемы для современного американского общества. Вторая используется с целью актуализации императива противодействия расизму и усиления антиреспубликанских настроений читателей.
концептуальная метафора, media discourse, political narrative, движение BLM, disease metaphor, политический нарратив, conceptual metaphor, метафоры болезни, дискурс СМИ, BLM movement
концептуальная метафора, media discourse, political narrative, движение BLM, disease metaphor, политический нарратив, conceptual metaphor, метафоры болезни, дискурс СМИ, BLM movement
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