European Values Through the Lens of Conceptual Metaphors and Rhetoric of Academic Written Discourse

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Autore principale: Kozlova, Tetyana
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contents <p><span>The issues of European values are studied in various disciplines and mainly approached from two perspectives. One perspective appeals to European values as universal ones, whereas the other perspective emphasizes sociocultural relativism and differences in the value systems of individual countries. The academic audience has arguably become cognizant of positive images of European values as well as inured to disapproving tints in their representations. The purpose of this study is to examine </span><span lang="EN-GB">how scientists conceive</span><span> the European values, what </span><span lang="EN-GB">conceptual links</span><span> they establish, and how language is structured in the academic written discourse to</span><span lang="EN-GB"> manifest abstract </span><span>evaluative concepts </span><span lang="EN-GB">in terms of more concrete domain</span><span>s. The results indicate that the use of metaphoric expressions suggests a strong advocate of European values in academic discourse and preference for the conceptual domains relating to highly positive, cooperative sentiments. However, scholars may sometimes noticeably resort to less approvingly connoted concepts, as likely as not, for the purpose of</span><span> </span><span>eloquent effects and persuasive intentions.</span></p>
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spellingShingle European Values Through the Lens of Conceptual Metaphors and Rhetoric of Academic Written Discourse
Kozlova, Tetyana
<p><span>The issues of European values are studied in various disciplines and mainly approached from two perspectives. One perspective appeals to European values as universal ones, whereas the other perspective emphasizes sociocultural relativism and differences in the value systems of individual countries. The academic audience has arguably become cognizant of positive images of European values as well as inured to disapproving tints in their representations. The purpose of this study is to examine </span><span lang="EN-GB">how scientists conceive</span><span> the European values, what </span><span lang="EN-GB">conceptual links</span><span> they establish, and how language is structured in the academic written discourse to</span><span lang="EN-GB"> manifest abstract </span><span>evaluative concepts </span><span lang="EN-GB">in terms of more concrete domain</span><span>s. The results indicate that the use of metaphoric expressions suggests a strong advocate of European values in academic discourse and preference for the conceptual domains relating to highly positive, cooperative sentiments. However, scholars may sometimes noticeably resort to less approvingly connoted concepts, as likely as not, for the purpose of</span><span> </span><span>eloquent effects and persuasive intentions.</span></p>
title European Values Through the Lens of Conceptual Metaphors and Rhetoric of Academic Written Discourse
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18289861