METAPHOR AND METONYMY IN THE APRIL REVOLUTION: A STUDY WITH POLITICAL DISCOURSES

• Autor(a) principal: Pita, Sara
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34630/polissema.v1i23.5324
• topic: metáfora; metonímia; discursos políticos; 25 de abril de 1974; Presidente da República; historicidade

The formal ceremony celebrating 25 April 1974, which first took place in 1977, is marked by the speech of the President of the Portuguese Republic. In these addresses to the nation, metaphors and metonymies are identified, sometimes used intentionally to communicate more competently, sometimes unconsciously due to their pervasiveness in society. Metaphors and metonymies, when they are the choice of the speaker, allow the confirmation of a thesis, by virtue of inducing an evaluation, as well as the legitimization of future actions. Therefore, it can be said that they transcend the ornamental role attributed by some scholars, assuming an argumentative function. The present study aims to identify the metaphors and metonymies present in two speeches (1977 and 2022), corroborating Coseriu's assumption that there is a revisiting of existing cultural objects, and to discuss the degree of metaphoricity of the expressions used and their communicative intentionality. To do so, we started to identify the main metaphors and metonymies defined by prominent authors based on the lexemes that make up the various conceptual fields. The data point to the presence of metaphors of the GREAT CHAIN OF BEING, TREE, WAR in both discourses, as well as metonymies of INSTITUTION BY PEOPLE or DATE BY EVENT. Moreover, some metaphorical expressions are objective choices of the speaker, but others seem to be impregnated in society.