Affiliation:
1. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract
Abstract
The paper explores the creative combination of metaphors, both complex and mixed. The data for the study are drawn
from political discourse concerning the target concept of crisis. Building on the argument that constructional parameters
facilitate metaphor clustering, the paper also focuses on adjectival constructions. The general claim that constructional
parameters and figurative meaning are interdependent is thus supported. It is shown that as complex and mixed metaphors are
created, they both reveal and emphasize the speakers’ political ideologies.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company