Basingtoke: Palgrave Pivot, 2013 — 129 p. — ISBN10: 113730989X; ISBN13: 978-1137309891.
This book provides an in-depth look into the cognitive and argumentative nature of political discourse with a focus on the role and place of conceptual metaphors in practical argumentation. Neagu's empirical investigation centres on the corpus of the American Presidential debates in 2008 and speeches by Barack Obama from 2009-2011.
Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Political Discourse Analysis
Decoding Conceptual Metaphors
Symbolic Power and Argumentation
Concluding Thoughts