Metáfora conceptual e ideologia: o caso do discurso das políticas de austeridade na imprensa portuguesa

This work studies the metaphorical conceptualization of austerity policies in the Portuguese press and its ideological purpose. The analysis relies on a corpus of news and opinion articles published in June-July 2011, after the entry of the Troika, and May 2013, when protests against the austerity...

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Main Author: Augusto Soares da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Investigações
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/index.php/INV/article/view/1761
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spelling doaj-art-9cb8aa8a96fe4d96a58764051ebe69e72025-08-20T03:37:02ZengPrograma de Pós-graduação em LetrasRevista Investigações0104-13202175-294X2015-12-01282Metáfora conceptual e ideologia: o caso do discurso das políticas de austeridade na imprensa portuguesaAugusto Soares da Silva0Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Braga This work studies the metaphorical conceptualization of austerity policies in the Portuguese press and its ideological purpose. The analysis relies on a corpus of news and opinion articles published in June-July 2011, after the entry of the Troika, and May 2013, when protests against the austerity policies intensified. The analysis reveals the persuasive and manipulative force of certain specific metaphors, such as obesity/diet, indebted family, good student, and sacrifice. These socially-embodied metaphors are grounding in moral cultural models and serve ideological, emotional and moral purposes. https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/index.php/INV/article/view/1761
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title Metáfora conceptual e ideologia: o caso do discurso das políticas de austeridade na imprensa portuguesa
title_full Metáfora conceptual e ideologia: o caso do discurso das políticas de austeridade na imprensa portuguesa
title_fullStr Metáfora conceptual e ideologia: o caso do discurso das políticas de austeridade na imprensa portuguesa
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title_short Metáfora conceptual e ideologia: o caso do discurso das políticas de austeridade na imprensa portuguesa
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