How American is German Politics?

Scholarly Paper (Advanced Seminar) aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Sprachwiss. / Sprachforschung (fachübergreifend), Note: 2,3, Freie Universität Berlin (Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie), Veranstaltung: Conceptual Metaphor Theory, 13 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Anmerkungen: In MORAL POLITICS George Lakoff claims that political orientations are based on family structures and functions. These are expressed by metaphors. This paper discusses the possibility of detecting political metaphors on the base of the Lakoff approach. The German TV discussion of MERKEL and SCHRÖDER in 2006 serve as the corpus. Several fields of metaphors are discussed: WAR, SPORTS, etc. Interesting American approach tested on European corpus. (Der Anhang enthält das TV-Duell aus 2005 zwischen Schröder und Merkel - Anm. d. Red.) , Abstract: In MORAL POLITICS George Lakoff (2002) claims that political orientations are based on family structures and functions. These are expressed by metaphors. This paper discusses the possibility of detecting political metaphors on the base of the Lakoff approach. The German TV discussion of MERKEL and SCHRÖDER in 2006 serve as the corpus. Several fields of metaphors are discussed: WAR, SPORTS, etc. An interesting American approach is tested on a European corpus.