Zastosowanie przenośni jako nacechowanej negatywnie strategii grzecznościowej w artykułach prasowych
The use of metaphors as an impoliteness strategy in press articles

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the use of metaphor in press articles for the sake of paraphrasing opinions targeted by a polemist. Metaphorical formulations give rise to an interpretation in which the proponent of the targeted opinion appears as incompetent or downright daft, thereby constituting a threat to his/her face. By this token, such metaphors become a means of impoliteness strategy. It is argued that indirectness and implicitness are conducive to fulfilling the impoliteness function.

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