The Language of Human Rights Metaphor. Cognitive Linguistic Analysis and Interpretation of Biblical Metaphors in the Manual for Youth Education for Human Rights Compass
2018
Abstract
Drawing from a socially up -to -date discourse this essay examines the language of metaphors about human rights. Based on the analysis of metaphorical expressions used in the handbook of youth education on human rights (Kompas), she identifi es key metaphors that contribute to the conceptualization of the notion of HUMAN RIGHTS.
The cognitive linguistics analysis has revealed that these metaphors draw inspiration from biblical texts and some Christian doctrines. Texts in Kompas show an ideologized, tendentious conceptualization of the notion of HUMAN RIGHTS, embodied in the metaphor HUMAN RIGHTS ARE DEITY.