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The paper focuses on metaphors based on the image schemas of and that were employed by U.S. President Barack Obama in the campaign against ISIL (The ). Systematic metaphors based on the schemas of and illustrate the strategy of the international alliance against ISIL’s activity. The strategy included the isolation of the organization, the restriction of the flow of foreign fighters and financial resources to the area controlled by ISIL as well as planning military operations designed to weaken the influence of the organization. The analysis has been conducted on the corpus of political speeches delivered by the speaker in the period from June 2014 to September 2016. Theoretical framework that is employed in the analysis of primary data is grounded in Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) which explores ideological aspects of discourse.

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The container and force schemas in political discourse
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Keyword(s): Barack Obama; container schema; force schema; ISIL; metaphor; political speech

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