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Legislative Metaphor

Legislative Metaphor is a rhetorical device within legislative discourse that interprets or characterizes political, legal, or policy-related processes, institutions, or actions through figurative language by mapping concepts from a source domain onto the legislative domain to shape perception, argumentation, or decision-making.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Charter Dialogue Revisited – Or Much Ado About Metaphors

Peter W. Hogg, Allison A. Bushell Thornton, Wade K. Wright · Osgoode Hall law journal · 2007 · 49 citations · Full text

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Ventilators, missiles, doctors, troops … the justification of legislative responses to COVID-19 through military metaphors

Matilda Gillis · Law and Humanities · 2020 · 45 citations

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I did not say that the government should be plundering anybody’s savings

Kiki Y. Renardel de Lavalette, Corina Andone, Gerard J. Steen · Journal of Language and Politics · 2019 · 42 citations · Full text

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Figurative analogies and how they are resisted in British Public Bill Committee debates

Kiki Y. Renardel de Lavalette, Corina Andone, Gerard J. Steen · Metaphor and the Social World · 2019 · 29 citations · Full text

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The lure and the limits of dialogue

Aileen Kavanagh · University of Toronto Law Journal · 2015 · 25 citations

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Authors

13

  1. KY
    Kiki Y. Renardel de Lavalette

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  2. GJ
    Gerard J. Steen

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  3. CA
    Corina Andone

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  4. AS
    Anne Skevik Grødem

    Institute for Social Research, Norway

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. AH
    Anniken Hagelund

    Institute for Social Research, Norway

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

8

  1. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    213 citations

  2. Claremont Institute

    Claremont, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  4. Institute for Social Research

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. City University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  7. Claremont Graduate University

    Claremont, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  8. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

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Venues

  1. Osgoode Hall law journal

    1 publications · 49 citations

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  2. Journal of Language and Politics

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  3. University of Toronto Law Journal

    UTLJ · 1 publications · 25 citations

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  4. Policy and Society

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. Law and Humanities

    1 publications · 45 citations

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