| List of figures | | ix | |
| List of tables | | x | |
| Preface | | xii | |
| Acknowledgements | | xiv | |
| Style conventions | | xv | |
| Introduction | | 1 | (4) |
| Part I Metaphor Background and Theory | | 5 | (40) |
| | 7 | (18) |
| 1.1 Metaphor, ideology and thought |
| | 7 | (3) |
| 1.2 Metaphor and pragmatics |
| | 10 | (3) |
| 1.3 Cognitive semantics and conceptual metaphor |
| | 13 | (4) |
| 1.4 Conventional and creative metaphor |
| | 17 | (2) |
| | 19 | (3) |
| 1.6 Metaphor and theory construction |
| | 22 | (1) |
| | 23 | (2) |
| 2 Critical Approaches to Metaphor |
| | 25 | (20) |
| | 25 | (3) |
| 2.2 Critical Discourse Analysis |
| | 28 | (2) |
| | 30 | (4) |
| 2.4 A critical approach to researching metaphors |
| | 34 | (7) |
| 2.4.1 Metaphor identification |
| | 35 | (2) |
| 2.4.2 Metaphor interpretation |
| | 37 | (2) |
| 2.4.3 Metaphor explanation |
| | 39 | (2) |
| | 41 | (4) |
| Part II Metaphor in Political Discourse | | 45 | (66) |
| 3 The Metaphors of New Labour |
| | 47 | (18) |
| | 47 | (1) |
| | 48 | (4) |
| 3.3 Metaphor in New Labour manifestos |
| | 52 | (6) |
| | 52 | (2) |
| 3.3.2 Analysis of the 1997 New Labour manifesto |
| | 54 | (4) |
| 3.4 Metaphor in New Labour speeches |
| | 58 | (5) |
| | 63 | (2) |
| 4 Metaphor in British Party Political Manifestos |
| | 65 | (22) |
| | 65 | (2) |
| 4.2 Researching political manifestos |
| | 67 | (1) |
| 4.3 Metaphor in Labour and Conservative manifestos |
| | 68 | (11) |
| | 68 | (1) |
| | 69 | (1) |
| | 70 | (4) |
| | 74 | (3) |
| | 77 | (2) |
| 4.3.6 Religious metaphors |
| | 79 | (1) |
| 4.4 Diachronic metaphor shifts |
| | 79 | (5) |
| | 84 | (3) |
| 5 Metaphor in American Presidential Speeches |
| | 87 | (24) |
| | 87 | (1) |
| 5.2 Researching American political discourse |
| | 88 | (1) |
| 5.3 Metaphor in the US Inaugural Corpus |
| | 89 | (2) |
| | 91 | (2) |
| | 93 | (2) |
| | 95 | (5) |
| 5.7 Light and fire metaphors |
| | 100 | (2) |
| 5.8 Physical environment metaphors |
| | 102 | (1) |
| | 103 | (2) |
| | 105 | (1) |
| 5.11 Comparison of British Manifesto and US Inaugural Corpora |
| | 105 | (4) |
| | 109 | (2) |
| Part III Metaphor in Press Reporting | | 111 | (60) |
| 6 Metaphor in Sports Reporting |
| | 113 | (22) |
| | 113 | (1) |
| 6.2 Sports metaphors in war reporting |
| | 114 | (2) |
| 6.3 Researching sports metaphors in the British press |
| | 116 | (5) |
| 6.4 Qualitative analysis of metaphors of conflict in press sports reporting |
| | 121 | (11) |
| | 122 | (4) |
| 6.4.2 Analysis of metaphors of survival in press sports reporting |
| | 126 | (6) |
| | 132 | (3) |
| 7 Metaphor in Financial Reporting |
| | 135 | (36) |
| | 135 | (1) |
| 7.2 The evolution of biological and mechanistic metaphor in economics |
| | 136 | (2) |
| 7.3 Researching financial reporting |
| | 138 | (2) |
| | 140 | (27) |
| 7.4.1 The economy is human |
| | 140 | (2) |
| 7.4.1.1 Market trading is physical conflict |
| | 142 | (4) |
| 7.4.1.2 Market trading is a state of mental health |
| | 146 | (3) |
| 7.4.1.3 The state of market trading is a state of physical health |
| | 149 | (2) |
| 7.4.2 Economic problems are natural disasters |
| | 151 | (1) |
| 7.4.2.1 Downward market changes are disasters |
| | 152 | (2) |
| 7.4.2.2 A very bad market is a nuclear disaster |
| | 154 | (1) |
| 7.4.2.3 A bad market is an earthquake |
| | 155 | (1) |
| 7.4.2.4 The behaviour of the market is the behaviour of gas |
| | 156 | (2) |
| 7.4.3 Market changes are physical movements |
| | 158 | (1) |
| 7.4.3.1 Market changes are ways of moving on the ground |
| | 159 | (3) |
| 7.4.3.2 Market changes are ways of moving in the water or nautical conditions |
| | 162 | (3) |
| 7.4.3.3 Market changes are ways of moving in air |
| | 165 | (2) |
| | 167 | (4) |
| Part IV Metaphor in Religious Discourse | | 171 | (70) |
| | 173 | (29) |
| 8.1 Introduction: metaphor and religion |
| | 173 | (4) |
| 8.2 Researching metaphor in the Bible |
| | 177 | (4) |
| | 181 | (19) |
| | 181 | (1) |
| 8.3.2 Animal metaphors in the Old and New Testaments |
| | 182 | (3) |
| 8.3.3 Light metaphors in the Old and New Testaments |
| | 185 | (5) |
| 8.3.4 Plant metaphors in the Old and New Testaments |
| | 190 | (5) |
| 8.3.4.1 Evaluation of plant metaphors |
| | 195 | (4) |
| 8.3.5 Food and drink metaphors in the Old and New Testaments |
| | 199 | (1) |
| | 200 | (2) |
| 9 Metaphor in the Old Testament |
| | 202 | (16) |
| | 202 | (1) |
| 9.2 Building metaphors in the Old Testament |
| | 202 | (2) |
| 9.3 Journey metaphors in the Old Testament |
| | 204 | (3) |
| 9.4 Conflict metaphors in the Old Testament |
| | 207 | (2) |
| 9.5 Weather metaphors in the Old Testament |
| | 209 | (5) |
| 9.6 Fire metaphors in the Old Testament |
| | 214 | (3) |
| | 217 | (1) |
| | 218 | (23) |
| 10.1 Introduction: socio-cultural context of the Koran |
| | 218 | (2) |
| 10.2 Researching metaphor in the Koran |
| | 220 | (1) |
| 10.3 Overview of findings |
| | 220 | (2) |
| 10.4 Productive sources of metaphor in the Koran |
| | 222 | (12) |
| 10.4.1 Journey metaphors in the Koran |
| | 224 | (4) |
| 10.4.2 Weather metaphors in the Koran |
| | 228 | (2) |
| 10.4.3 Light and fire metaphors in the Koran |
| | 230 | (3) |
| 10.4.4 Plant metaphors in the Koran |
| | 233 | (1) |
| 10.5 Unproductive metaphor source domains in the Koran |
| | 234 | (4) |
| 10.5.1 Food and drink metaphors in the Koran |
| | 235 | (2) |
| 10.5.2 Animal metaphors in the Koran |
| | 237 | (1) |
| | 238 | (3) |
| Part V A Discourse Theory of Metaphor | | 241 | (13) |
| 11 Critical Metaphor Analysis |
| | 243 | (11) |
| | 243 | (1) |
| 11.2 Cognitive semantics and Critical Metaphor Analysis |
| | 243 | (6) |
| 11.3 Metaphor and subliminal meaning |
| | 249 | (2) |
| 11.4 Critical Metaphor Analysis and personal empowerment |
| | 251 | (3) |
| Bibliography | | 254 | (5) |
| Index | | 259 | (3) |
| Index of Conceptual Metaphors and Conceptual Keys | | 262 | |