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This article analyses the use of (deliberate) metaphors in political discourse produced by French-speaking Belgian regional parliamentarians during non-institutional political interviews. The article first investigates if the use of deliberate metaphor limits itself to a particular type of political discourse (i.e. public and institutional political discourse) or if metaphor use is also found in other types of settings (i.e. non-institutional political discourse). Second, the article analyses the variation of deliberate metaphor use between political actors depending on gender, seniority and political affiliation. To this end, the article applies Steen’s (2008) three-dimensional model of metaphor analysis on biographical interviews conducted with French-speaking Belgian regional parliamentarians (RMPs). Our results indicate that RMPs, when using non-deliberate metaphors, mostly rely on source domains such as , and . This is in contrast with the use of deliberate metaphors, where source domains like , and take the upper hand.

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2019-11-19
2025-04-28

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Keyword(s): Belgium; deliberate metaphor; metaphor analysis; metaphor variation; non-institutional interviews; political discourse; regional parliamentarians; three-dimensional model; Wallonia

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