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Category Archives: Framing
Generative analogies as negotiation devices
Amazon.com: Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods: Books: Jonah Goldberg Goldberg draws striking parallels between historic fascism and contemporary liberal doctrines. He argues that âpolitical correctnessâ? on campuses and calls for campaign finance reform echo the … Continue reading
Havel on intertextuality
CBC.ca Arts – Retired Czech leader Havel pens new play “Living in the world of political language was quite an inspiration” he said. “I try [in my play] to reflect the automatic political language, where you say one word to … Continue reading
Mis-entrenchment of codified blendings
The Newshoggers: Jeri Thompson – asset or albatross? [Part Two] However, thanks to a commenter at my place, I see by common definition “trophy wife” is indeed considered to be an insult. All I can say is that I didn’t … Continue reading
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Unjustified blending and the threat of terrorism
Malfunctioning fax machine prints out bomb ClipArt, forces evacuation of area – Engadget In any normal town across America there are countless faxes sent and received which feature poorly chosen ClipArt: why then must a promotional fax like the one … Continue reading
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Metaphor hypostasis as a cohesive device
RealClearPolitics – Articles – Is the War on Terror Over? Do we still need to fight a war on terror? The answer seems to be no for an increasing number in the West who are weary over Afghanistan and Iraq … Continue reading
Homicide attacks and the restrictions on mapping in blending
The following segment from the Wikipedia entry on suicide attack is a good example of how the restrictions on mapping in conceptual integration can be negotiated even “against the grain” of the “logic” of some of the basic propositional structures … Continue reading
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Folk theory of meaning has hypostasis of reference in the Imus controversy
Imus’s last outrage? – The Boston Globe Imus apologized for his latest remark and was suspended for two weeks. But this time, his job could be on the line, said John DePetro, a radio talk show host who was fired … Continue reading
Evidencing negotiated frames: The Pelosi debate
Nancy Pelosi, Respectfully Maintaining Her Own Image – washingtonpost.com There are few images more discomforting than public figures thrust into foreign cultures and required to wear the host’s traditional attire. Almost without exception the visitors tend to look smaller and … Continue reading
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Framing the frames: The Gingrich gambit
Think Progress » Gingrich: When I Said âLanguage Of Living In The Ghetto,â I Meant Hebrew (Or Maybe Yiddish) Newt Gingrich said this past weekend that the U.S. should abolish bilingual education so that people arenât speaking âthe language of … Continue reading
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Negotiating vocabulary and the logic of analogy
Politics, Lies, and 93 v. 8 – Swampland – TIME Brooksâs distinction is between two different conceptions of the word âpolitical.â? Or rather, like most nice clear distinctions, there actually is a spectrum of meaning. US Attorneys are supposed to … Continue reading
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