Metalinguistic Discourse and the Dynamics of Water Metaphors in the German Version of Wikipedia
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https://doi.org/10.4312/vestnik.14.45-69Keywords:
water metaphors, Wikipedia, discursive dynamics, refugee discourse, metalinguistic discourse, contemporary GermanAbstract
This paper examines the dynamics of the use of water metaphors in refugee discourse as reflected in the German version of Wikipedia. The free encyclopaedia allows us to analyse the dynamics of metaphor use in a unique way, by comparing the edits of an article during its construction in relation to the comments on the discussion pages. The theoretical framework for the analysis of water metaphors in the analysed fragment of refugee discourse is provided by discourse linguistic analysis, which, starting from Foucault’s tradition of conceptualizing discourse, focuses on transtextual linguistic patterns, both on their systematicity and contextual use, as well as on their dynamics. The results of the study show that water metaphors play an important role in the perspectivization of refugees in the analysed fragment of refugee discourse from the German Wikipedia, forming a diverse multimodal metaphorical field. The decline in the use of such metaphors over the course of the article’s construction in the highlighted parts of the descriptive text can be linked to the consensus on the sensitive use of water metaphors in refugee discourse that is established on the discussion pages. Their frequent representation in quotations, however, points to an uncritical reproduction of metaphors from the media. Visual water metaphors are not thematized in the metalinguistic discussion and do not fluctuate, which indicates a narrow perception of the problematic nature of water metaphors in the fragment under observation. The results of the research significantly complement previous research on metaphors in media refugee discourse in several respects.
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