Metaphor-constructed Terrorism Discourse

Abstract

The US launched “war on terror” has stirred hot debate globally. However, it seems that nobody has stopped to think about the nature of terrorism, and it appears that very few people including quite a few scholars have not realized the discourse nature of terrorism. Therefore, this paper will study the production mechanism of terrorism discourse. The discourse analysis thoey and metaphor theory will be used to make a detailed analysis of the former US president’s speeches and relevant data to disclose the discourse nature of terrorism and anti-terrorism with an aim to finding out the production mechanism of terrorism discourse through varied discourse strategies and tactics.