# Metaphor hypostasis as a cohesive device

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-04-27-metaphor-hypostasis-as-a-cohesive-device

The piece shows how an explicitly named war metaphor organises the imagery and cohesion of an otherwise descriptive political text.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 27 April 2007

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 27 April 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, discourse-analysis, terrorism, political-discourse.

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