Metaphors of Brexit: No Cherries on the Cake?

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How were social media posts, scripted speeches, traditional news media and political cartoons used and understood during the Brexit campaign? What phrases and metaphors were key during and after the 2016 Brexit referendum? How far did the Remain and Leave campaigns rely on metaphor to engage with supporters in communicating their political positions? These questions, and many others, can be answered only through a systematic analysis of the actual language used in relation to Brexit by the different parties involved. By drawing on a range of data sources and types of communication, and presenting them as 'frames' through which individuals can attempt to understand the world, the author provides the first book-length examination of the metaphors of Brexit. This book takes a detailed look at the rhetorical language behind one of the major political events of the era, and it will be of interest to students and scholars of linguistics and political science, as well as anyone with a special interest in metaphor, rhetoric, Brexit, or political communication more broadly. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Cherries on the Cake? (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 1-30 The Lexicon of the Referendum (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 31-63 I Love My Country (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 65-101 ‘Take Back Control’: Invaded Nation or Sovereign Nation? (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 103-136 Conceptual Metaphors: ‘Eurocrats Living in the Brussels Bubble’ (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 137-160 The Metaphors of Boris Johnson (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 161-196 Happy Families and Special Relationships (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 197-232 Are Marriages Made in Heaven? (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 233-267 Animals: Moral Intuition and Moral Reasoning (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 269-307 Metaphors for Brexit (Jonathan Charteris-Black)....Pages 309-321 Back Matter ....Pages 323-337