Politics, gender and conceptual metaphors /

"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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Other Authors:	Ahrens, Kathleen, 1966-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:	Women > Political activity. Women legislators. Sex role. Political oratory > Sex differences. Language and languages > Political aspects. Language and languages > Sex differences. Metaphor > Political aspects.