Metaphoric construction of corruption in Nigerian media discourse
Conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) and cultural linguistics (CL), which form the chief theoretical anchor for this study, express the role of language, culture and cognition in the construal and expression of human experiences. The approaches posit that the metaphorical use of language by an individua...
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| author | Kamalu Ikenna Anasiudu Okwudiri Fakunle Rabiat Oiza |
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| description | Conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) and cultural linguistics (CL), which form the chief theoretical anchor for this study, express the role of language, culture and cognition in the construal and expression of human experiences. The approaches posit that the metaphorical use of language by an individual or group is shaped by their ideological orientation, knowledge of their natural and social world, and their cultural worldview. This study investigates the metaphorical use of language by the Nigerian print media in their attempts to express ideation on corruption in the Nigerian public sector. There has not been any deliberate and rigorous attempt to study the metaphorical representation of corruption in the Nigerian media discourse, hence this study aims at addressing the lacuna. Thus, this study uses insights from CMT and CL to identify, classify and analyse some of these metaphors in six Nigerian newspapers, namely; The Guardian, Punch, Daily Trust, The Nation, Vanguard and The Sun. The study shows that print media reports of corruption in Nigeria involving powerful social actors such as politicians, government appointees, career civil servants, academics, the military, the media and others have often used metaphorical frames that emanate from the domains of disease, war and conflict, enmity, impediment to movement, violent natural forces, monstrosity, among others, to describe the incidence, scope, effects and consequences of public sector corruption in Nigeria. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a71cf44fd7f445d99cd2189a73932bd32024-04-03T06:20:39ZengConstantine the Philosopher University in NitraTopics in Linguistics2199-65042023-06-01241678110.2478/topling-2023-0005Metaphoric construction of corruption in Nigerian media discourseKamalu Ikenna0Anasiudu Okwudiri1Fakunle Rabiat Oiza21University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria1University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria2Summit University, Offa, NigeriaConceptual metaphor theory (CMT) and cultural linguistics (CL), which form the chief theoretical anchor for this study, express the role of language, culture and cognition in the construal and expression of human experiences. The approaches posit that the metaphorical use of language by an individual or group is shaped by their ideological orientation, knowledge of their natural and social world, and their cultural worldview. This study investigates the metaphorical use of language by the Nigerian print media in their attempts to express ideation on corruption in the Nigerian public sector. There has not been any deliberate and rigorous attempt to study the metaphorical representation of corruption in the Nigerian media discourse, hence this study aims at addressing the lacuna. Thus, this study uses insights from CMT and CL to identify, classify and analyse some of these metaphors in six Nigerian newspapers, namely; The Guardian, Punch, Daily Trust, The Nation, Vanguard and The Sun. The study shows that print media reports of corruption in Nigeria involving powerful social actors such as politicians, government appointees, career civil servants, academics, the military, the media and others have often used metaphorical frames that emanate from the domains of disease, war and conflict, enmity, impediment to movement, violent natural forces, monstrosity, among others, to describe the incidence, scope, effects and consequences of public sector corruption in Nigeria.https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2023-0005metaphorcorruptionnigeriaculturemedia discourse |
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| title_fullStr | Metaphoric construction of corruption in Nigerian media discourse |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metaphoric construction of corruption in Nigerian media discourse |
| title_short | Metaphoric construction of corruption in Nigerian media discourse |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2023-0005 |
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