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This study examines cognitive representations of Ethiopia and Egypt’s hydro-political stances on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Data were analysed using image schema theory and conceptual metaphor theory to identify how political leaders deploy conceptual structures to construct, maintain, and reproduce (counter-)hydro-hegemony for water management and international relations broadly. Results suggest that the represents physical and symbolic boundaries constructed/activated to and animate power. Egypt prefers multilateralism on matters; whereas, Ethiopia acts unilaterally in its national interest. The findings indicate that international public opinion can be cognitively and discursively manipulated to legitimise (in)action sanctioning (counter)hydro-hegemony using original metaphor mappings and mini-narratives. This study posits that interstate hydro-disputes can be viewed as either a or . While Egypt suggested a script where all regions correlate to garner power, Ethiopia invoked a - narrative to defend confrontational move(s) and motivate the illegitimate jury to dismiss the case.

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Hydro-political power of the Nile
Review of Cognitive Linguistics. Published under the auspices of the Spanish Cognitive Linguistics Association 22, 1 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00148.els
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Keyword(s): cognitive linguistics; conceptual metaphor; hydro-hegemony; image schema; power; water management discourse

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