Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985)

Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985)

Thisarticle discusses the metaphorical constructions of martial law that emerge from selected speeches and publications of Ferdinand Marcos from 1972 to 1985. Using a sociocognitive perspective informed by conceptual metaphor studies, the author surfaces conceptualizations that constitute a schema i...

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Main Author: Navera, Gene Segarra;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-43622024-08-07T03:42:03Z Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985) Navera, Gene Segarra; Thisarticle discusses the metaphorical constructions of martial law that emerge from selected speeches and publications of Ferdinand Marcos from 1972 to 1985. Using a sociocognitive perspective informed by conceptual metaphor studies, the author surfaces conceptualizations that constitute a schema in which constitutional authoritarianism is central to national life and Marcos as an authoritarian is rendered a democrat. This schema had been sustained throughout Marcos’s authoritarian rule and has become so embedded in Philippine political discourse that it gets to be invoked by political rhetors long after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship.KEYWORDS: FERDINAND MARCOS • MARTIAL LAW • RHETORIC •CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR • POLITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS 2019-01-03T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol66/iss4/2 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.4362 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4362/viewcontent/6521.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Thisarticle discusses the metaphorical constructions of martial law that emerge from selected speeches and publications of Ferdinand Marcos from 1972 to 1985. Using a sociocognitive perspective informed by conceptual metaphor studies, the author surfaces conceptualizations that constitute a schema in which constitutional authoritarianism is central to national life and Marcos as an authoritarian is rendered a democrat. This schema had been sustained throughout Marcos’s authoritarian rule and has become so embedded in Philippine political discourse that it gets to be invoked by political rhetors long after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship.KEYWORDS: FERDINAND MARCOS • MARTIAL LAW • RHETORIC •CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR • POLITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
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author Navera, Gene Segarra;
spellingShingle Navera, Gene Segarra;
Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985)
author_facet Navera, Gene Segarra;
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title Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985)
title_short Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985)
title_full Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985)
title_fullStr Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985)
title_full_unstemmed Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos’s Rhetoric (1972–1985)
title_sort metaphorizing martial law: constitutional authoritarianism in marcos’s rhetoric (1972–1985)
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2019
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol66/iss4/2
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4362/viewcontent/6521.pdf
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