Different Buildings and Roads: Metaphors about the Chilean Education Policies in Opinion Pieces

Authors

  • Víctor Patricio Vásquez-Bustos Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Paola Lorena Alarcón Hernández Universidad de Concepción
  • Luciana Pissolato de Oliveira Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Keywords:

Linguistic metaphor, conceptual metaphor, Cognitive Linguistics, opinion piece, education policies

Abstract

This qualitative research aims to analyze linguistic and conceptual metaphors about Chilean educational policy, as read in op-ed pieces from different online newspapers in the country. Both a procedure for identifying metaphorical uses and an analysis of metaphorical content were applied. By doing so, there was evidence on the repeated appearance of two groups of linguistic metaphors about Chilean educational policy: one which conceptualizes it as a building and the other as a road. These sets of linguistic metaphors can acquire specific conceptual and discursive features in the same opinion piece. Thus, the conclusion is that, while each group of linguistic metaphors is based on common and conventionalized conceptual metaphors, their development in the columns is specially oriented by the common topic of discourse and particular persuasive purposes. Most notably, criticism against different political-educational actors and processes, such as the Chilean educational system, the governments, or grassroots movements.

Author Biographies

Víctor Patricio Vásquez-Bustos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Profesor de Español, Magíster en Lingüística Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Candidato a doctor en Lingüística por la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Paola Lorena Alarcón Hernández, Universidad de Concepción

Profesora de Español, Doctora en Lingüística, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; profesora asociada, Departamento de Español, Facultad de Humanidades y Arte, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

Luciana Pissolato de Oliveira, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Licenciada en Letras. Doctora en Lingüística, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil; profesora asociada, Departamento de Ciencias del Lenguaje, Facultad de Letras, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.

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Published

2023-03-31

How to Cite

Vásquez-Bustos, V. P., Alarcón Hernández, P. L., & Pissolato de Oliveira, L. (2023). Different Buildings and Roads: Metaphors about the Chilean Education Policies in Opinion Pieces. Revista Signos. Estudios De Lingüística, 56(111). Retrieved from https://revistasignos.cl/index.php/signos/article/view/658

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Vol. 56 No. 111 (2023): March

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