ABSTRACT

The paper focuses on metaphorical representation of military activities of the US-led international coalition and of ISIL which are construed on the basis of systematic metaphors drawn from the combination of the PATH and FORCE image schemas. The corpus for the analysis consists of 30 political speeches delivered by American president Barack Obama in the period from 2014 to 2016 in which the speaker outlined the actions and military strategies against ISIL. Methodological procedure for the identification of systematic metaphors in the President’s discourse followed the steps specified within Metaphor Identification Procedure (MIP) proposed by Pragglejaz Group [2007. MIP: A method for identifying metaphorically used words in discourse. Metaphor and Symbol, 22(1), 1–39. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926480709336752]. The results from the analysis indicate that systematic metaphors drawn from the combination of the PATH and FORCE schemas were employed as a means for the manifestation of progress in the campaign against the organization and they presented power and intentions of both sides involved in the conflict in the area of the Middle East.

摘要

本文侧重于以美国为首的国际联盟和伊黎伊斯兰国的军事活动的隐喻表示，这些活动是在从 PATH 和 FORCE 图像模式组合中提取的系统隐喻的基础上进行解释的。分析的语料库包括美国总统巴拉克奥巴马在 2014 年至 2016 年期间发表的 30 场政治演讲，演讲者概述了针对伊黎伊斯兰国的行动和军事战略。在总统话语中识别系统隐喻的方法程序遵循 Pragglejaz Group [2007 年提出的隐喻识别程序 (MIP) 中指定的步骤。MIP：一种识别话语中隐喻使用的词的方法。隐喻和象征, 22(1), 1-39。https://doi.org/10.1080/10926480709336752]。分析结果表明，从 PATH 和 FORCE 模式组合中提取的系统隐喻被用作表现反对组织运动进展的手段，它们代表了冲突双方的权力和意图。中东地区。