RESILIENCE CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN PRESIDENT WILLIAM S. RUTO’S SPEECHES
- Livret des Résumés, Colloque International ED-LACOSHS Université Norbert ZONGO : 99-100
Résumé
This paper explores resilience through the metaphors in three of President William S. Ruto’s speeches pronounced in November 2025 during international events. It is grounded on Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory and borrows concepts from the Discourse-Historical Approach in Critical Discourse Studies. Metaphorical language has been identified across the three speeches using the Metaphor Identification Procedure at Vrije Universiteit or MIPVU. Excerpts of that language have been presented through paragraphs in a table. The metaphorical language has been analyzed using image schemas, semantic frames, conceptual domains and mental spaces and discussed using the Discourse-Historical Approach. The results show an abundance of metaphors and the discussion indicates that history is viewed as a prison, youth as a force in motion, climate action as mutual security and society as a building.
Mots-clés
discourse, history, metaphor, president, resilience