Politici aan het word. Een onderzoek naar politici enhun taalstijlen
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 52, Heft 2, S. 173-197
ISSN: 0486-4700
This article details metaphor styles in Belgian-Flemish political discourse. Some scholars complain about uniformity & colorlessness of the modern political discourse. In this 'sound bite culture,' metaphor plays, nevertheless, a major role. Sound bites were, in fact, found to rely upon these traditional elements of style. The present, empirical, article examines variety in metaphor used by Flemish politicians. The first part consists of a quantitative metaphor analysis of written press interviews with male & female politicians. The second part presents the results of in-depth interviews with politicians on the subject of their own & colleagues' political (metaphor) style strategies. The conclusion confronts politicians' impressions with our findings on political (metaphor) style in Flanders. Adapted from the source document.