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Abstract
Amira, Nazih Mohamed. Metaphorical Representation of
Self and Others: A Political Discourse Analysis of the
2008 Obama-McCain Presidential Debates. Doctor of
Philosophy Dissertation, Ain Shams University, Faculty
of Alsun, English Department, 2016.
This dissertation investigates the conceptual metaphors
used by the US 2008 presidential candidates, Sen. Barak
Obama and Sen. John McCain, as they employed
strategies of self-legitimization and otherdelegitimization. It hypothesizes that self and other
representation uses strategies where conceptual metaphors
directly or indirectly help create the legitimization of the
self and the delegitimization of the other. This research
covers the three US presidential debates that took place
from September 26 to October 15, 2008. It constitutes a
part of Political Discourse Analysis. It grounds in
Chilton’s (2004) definition of legitimization and
delegitimization and is anchored in the linguistic theory of
metaphor and the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor
(Lakoff and Johnson, 1980/2003; Lakoff, 1979/1993). It
integrates the findings of previous relevant literature and
presents the first elaborate study of self and other
representational strategies and representational conceptual
metaphors used by Obama and McCain in their
presidential debates.
Keywords: representation, conceptual metaphor,
target / source domains, legitimization, delegitimization,
victimization, immoralization, illogicalization /
irrationalization, hypocriticization .