Open AccessRethinking Critical Metaphor Analysis
Author(s) -
Wei Li
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of english linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-8703
pISSN - 1923-869X
DOI - 10.5539/ijel.v6n2p92
Subject(s) - covert , metaphor , cognitive linguistics , critical discourse analysis , pragmatics , linguistics , conceptual metaphor , cognition , psychology , sociology , philosophy , political science , politics , ideology , neuroscience , law
Critical Metaphor Analysis is concerned with integrating critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, pragmatics and cognitive linguistics to explore implicit speaker intentions and covert power relations through the analysis of metaphoric expressions. CMA has been a meaningful enrichment of both Critical Discourse Analysis and Conceptual Metaphor Theory. This paper aims to give an overview of the formation of CMA, the research findings, the existing problems and the possible solutions.