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Abstract
This study intends to examine metaphors in the discourse of the American
President Barack Obama with respect to the Arab Spring uprisings. The main aim is
to indicate how metaphors are utilized by Obama in his political speeches as a
powerful tool to manipulate the Arab people, and to convince them that it is inevitable
to fight for freedom, change and democracy. The study then proceeds to manifest the
significant ability of metaphor to evoke an evaluative judgment of particular elements
of Obama’s political discourse.
Hence, the primary purpose of this study is to examine how metaphors are used to
give a clear insight into the way Obama’s audience can conceptualize the Arab Spring
issue. It also aims at showing how his ideology could affect the Arab people in order
to accept his beliefs and viewpoints, which represent the US view. The study further
seeks to demonstrate who is the villain, and who is the victim, and whether the Arab
uprisings are justifiable or invalid. In this way, the study attempts to piece together a
comprehensive and coherent picture of the situation in the Arab world.
Accordingly, several research questions are raised in an attempt to uncover these
primary objectives:
1- Which types of metaphors occur in Obama’s political speeches concerning the
Arab Spring issue? What are the most common source domains he uses?
2- What are the probable purpose behind using these metaphors? What images
does Obama try to picture?
3- How do the conceptual metaphors represented in Obama’s speeches have
influential rhetorical effect on his audience? What emotions does Obama seek
to evoke?