Metaphors of Coronavirus: Invisible Enemy or Zombie Apocalypse?
Author:   Jonathan Charteris-Black
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
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9783030851057


Pages:   301
Publication Date:   13 November 2021
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Author:   Jonathan Charteris-Black
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9783030851057


ISBN 10:   3030851052
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   13 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. The Moral Frames and Coronavirus.- 2. Metaphors of the Pandemic: War.- 3. Metaphors of the Pandemic: Fire and Force of Nature.- 4. The Pandemic as Zombie Apocalypse.- 5. Epidemiology: Science, and Metaphor.- 6. Disease, Confinement & Language.- 7. ‘Bubbles’, ‘Cocoons’. The ‘Protective Ring’ and the ‘Petri Dish’: The Containment Frame and the Pandemic.- 8. Metonyms of the Pandemic.- 9. Magic, Miracle Cures and Metaphoric Thought in the Anti-Vaccine Movement.- 10. Honesty and Dishonesty in Pandemic Language.

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“This book has many strengths and is an important and valuable contribution to cognitive linguistics and political communication fields, which obviously benefits from contemporary relevance to the ongoing crisis. Metaphors of Coronavirus is well worth reading by anyone – academic or lay person – with an interest in understanding the linguistic and communicative dynamics of the Coronavirus pandemic. … The takeaway message of this book is, for me, that metaphor is simply a linguistic tool and is not inherently dishonest.” (Emily Faux, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 21 (6), 2022)


This book has many strengths and is an important and valuable contribution to cognitive linguistics and political communication fields, which obviously benefits from contemporary relevance to the ongoing crisis. Metaphors of Coronavirus is well worth reading by anyone - academic or lay person - with an interest in understanding the linguistic and communicative dynamics of the Coronavirus pandemic. ... The takeaway message of this book is, for me, that metaphor is simply a linguistic tool and is not inherently dishonest. (Emily Faux, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 21 (6), 2022)


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Jonathan Charteris-Black is Professor of Linguistics at the University of the West of England, UK. His research interests include metaphor, rhetoric and political discourse. 

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