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Abstract
Metaphor is a pervasive linguistic phenomenon in different
discourses, such as economic discourse. This study contrasts
conceptual metaphors in English and Arabic financial reports
discussing the Egyptian economy in the period (July 2012- June
2013). This time span is chosen in particular because it witnessed
great political and social changes that had a great impact on the
economic conditions. The study employs charteris-Black’s
(2004) model of Critical Metaphor Analysis in investigating the
metaphors used to construct the Egyptian economy in 20 English
press financial reports and 20 Arabic ones. The study also
incorporates Lakoff and Johnson’s (2003) Conceptual Metaphor
Theory in interpreting such metaphors. The study examines the
linguistic and cultural variations across the two languages, reveals
the potential ideological motivations behind choosing them in
particular, and investigates the persuasive power of the identified
conceptual metaphors. Data analysis shows that the two subcorpora
share a huge number of conceptual metaphors, and
sometimes equivalent metaphorical expressions as well. However,
the different proportions of the identified conceptual metaphors
indicate that there are great cultural variations. Moreover, there
are substantial differences concerning the ideological motivations
behind the use of such expressions. The study concludes that
while the English financial reports provide a biased portrayal of
the economic situation in Egypt, which is mainly based on
hyperbole, the Arabic ones are rather unbiased.
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Keywords: Conceptual metaphor- Critical Metaphor Analysiseconomic
discourse- the Egyptian economic situation