ON DELIBERATE USE OF THE TSUNAMI OF ISLAMIZATION METAPHOR IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE Cover Image

ON DELIBERATE USE OF THE TSUNAMI OF ISLAMIZATION METAPHOR IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE
ON DELIBERATE USE OF THE TSUNAMI OF ISLAMIZATION METAPHOR IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE

Author(s): Mersina Mujagić, Alma Pehlivanović
Subject(s): Islam studies, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive linguistics
Published by: ISLAMSKI PEDAGOŠKI FAKULTET U BIHAĆU
Keywords: the tsunami of Islamization; deliberate metaphor; metaphor analysis; cognitive linguistics;

Summary/Abstract: Applying the Method for Identifying Potentially Deliberate Metaphor (DMIP), the expression the tsunami of Islamization is analyzed in order to describe its communicative function and consequences of its use in public discourse. The paper aims to show that figurative language may be used to support ideological claims and be rhetorically effective.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 123-137
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English