The Language of Crisis by Huang Mimi;Holmgreen Lise-Lotte; & Lise-Lotte Holmgreen

Author:Huang, Mimi;Holmgreen, Lise-Lotte; & Lise-Lotte Holmgreen [Huang, Mimi & Holmgreen, Lise-Lotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2020-06-23T11:20:53+00:00

5.4Contagious diseases or healthy and unhealthy bodies

As Table 6 illustrates, the disease metaphor can be found in all three sub-corpora. What stands out in Western discourse is that both Americans and the British tend to talk about strong and healthy states with reference to the future of the affected MENA countries, i.e. currently these nations are weak, ill and fractured, but the goal is that they become strong again. The two Western nations already focus on the future recovery process (see Example (5)).

(5)

Together, we must help [Tunisia and Egypt] recover from the disruptions of their democratic upheaval, and support the governments that will be elected later this year. (Obama 19/05/2011)

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