‘Every one of you is now a soldier’: war metaphors in Jordanian official discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic

Q1 Arts and Humanities
Yousef Barahmeh, J. Fras
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In this article, we examine the use of war metaphors in Jordanian official discourse on the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21, through an analysis of videos of public statements and media releases made by Jordanian government officials at press conferences and interviews with local media outlets which were disseminated through social media. Against both the linguistic essentialism and the Western-centrism of conventional analyses of (war) metaphors, we demonstrate that Jordanian officials' framing of Covid-19 as a security threat is not just a function of the rhetorical appeal of militarised discursive responses to the pandemic, but also aligns closely with existing ideologies of the militarisation and securitisation of public life. The mobilisation of metaphor in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic should thus be understood in relation to the specific discourses that pervade the communicative channels through which it is distributed. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Contemporary Levant is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
“你们每个人现在都是一名士兵”:新冠肺炎大流行期间约旦官方话语中的战争隐喻
在这篇文章中,我们通过分析约旦政府官员在新闻发布会上发表的公开声明和媒体发布的视频,以及通过社交媒体传播的对当地媒体的采访,研究了2020-21年约旦官方关于新冠肺炎大流行的话语中战争隐喻的使用。与传统分析(战争)隐喻的语言本质主义和西方中心主义相反,我们证明,约旦官员将新冠肺炎界定为安全威胁,不仅是对疫情的军事化话语反应的修辞吸引力的函数,但也与现有的公共生活军事化和证券化的意识形态密切相关。因此,在新冠肺炎大流行的背景下,隐喻的动员应该与传播隐喻的传播渠道中普遍存在的特定话语联系起来理解。[作者]当代黎凡特的版权归Taylor&Francis有限公司所有,未经版权持有人明确书面许可,不得将其内容复制或通过电子邮件发送到多个网站或发布到列表服务。但是,用户可以打印、下载或通过电子邮件发送文章供个人使用。这可能会被删节。对复印件的准确性不作任何保证。用户应参考材料的原始发布版本以获取完整信息。(版权适用于所有人。)
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Contemporary Levant
Contemporary Levant Arts and Humanities-History
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