THE FUNCTIONS OF METAPHORS IN THE RELATIONS OF POLAND WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION (Funkcje metafor w relacjach Polski z Unia Europejska)

• Authors: Kazmierczak Marek
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article concerns methapors taken from the political language. The author investigates the lingustic representations of relations (rooted in the historical context) between Poland and the EU. These metaphors were active in the public discourse and their meanings influnced the social reception of the Polish accession to the UE. The common aspect of these lingustic figures is the tacit conviction about the 'fatalism of history' in Polish politics. The author also discusses the social and international understanding of metaphors in foreign mass media. The main hypothesis concerns an important influence of speech acts on internal and external politics - in the lingustic perspective - where metaphors create images and representations of reality. In the Polish context, these metaphors are rooted in the semantic field implicated by associations with 'death', 'sacrifice', 'prejudice' and 'uncertainty'.

Keywords

EN

METAPHOR; POLAND - EU RELATIONS; POLITICAL LANGUAGE

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 3(332)
• Pages: 213-230
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kazmierczak Marek

• Marek Kazmierczak, Instytut Zachodni, Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy, ul. Mostowa 27, 61-854 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA081820