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“Nixon Stonewalled the Investigation”: Potential Contributions of Grammatical Metaphor to Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Analysis
Metaphor and Symbol
  • L. David Ritchie, Portland State University
  • Min Zhu, Zhejiang University of Science and technology
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Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Subjects
  • Metaphor,
  • Metaphor -- Interpretation
Disciplines
Abstract

Halliday’s (1985; 1998) theory of grammatical metaphor (GM) has been quite influential among scholars who study structural approaches to language but has received little attention among researchers in cognitive linguistics. In this paper we summarize the aspects of Halliday’s approach that are most relevant to cognitive linguists, and show how key aspects of grammatical metaphor are related to the analysis of lexical and conceptual metaphors. Using an example of scientific writing analyzed by Halliday (1998) as well as examples from discourse previously subjected to conceptual metaphor analysis, we show how the two approaches might usefully be combined to yield new insights in the analysis of naturally-occurring discourse.

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© 2015 Taylor & Francis

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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Metaphor and Symbol. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published and is available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2015.1016837

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https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2015.1016837

DOI
10.1080/10926488.2015.1016837
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30782
Citation Information
Ritchie, L. D., & Zhu, M. (2015). “Nixon Stonewalled the Investigation”: Potential contributions of grammatical metaphor to conceptual metaphor theory and analysis. Metaphor and Symbol, 30(2), 118-136.