All Outputs (3)

All-consuming passions: Fire metaphors in fiction (2017)
Journal Article
Charteris-Black, J. (2017). All-consuming passions: Fire metaphors in fiction

This paper discusses the role of metaphor in describing intense romantic feelings relating to love, lust and desire in American fiction. I propose that ‘passion’ integrates notions of romantic love with the related ideas of ‘lust’ and ‘desire’. Using... Read More about All-consuming passions: Fire metaphors in fiction.

Conclusion (2017)
Journal Article
Charteris-Black, J. (2017). Conclusion. Metaphor and the Social World, 7(1), 122-129. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.7.1.08cha

The purpose of religion is to offer a unified way of thinking about the world so that it has a meaning in its totality; it makes connections between nature, man's behaviour and the cosmic order. Since metaphor is also concerned with making connection... Read More about Conclusion.

Competition metaphors & ideology: Life as a race (2017)
Book Chapter
Charteris-Black, J. (2017). Competition metaphors & ideology: Life as a race. In R. Wodak, & B. Forchtner (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics (202-217). London & New York: Routledge

This chapter demonstrates how metaphors used in the British parliament show evidence of varying attitudes towards the underlying conceptual metaphors NATION STATES ARE COMPETITORS and LIFE IS A RACE. More generally it shows the ideological motivation... Read More about Competition metaphors & ideology: Life as a race.