Show notes for Episode 19

Here are the show notes for Episode 19 in which Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk to Professor Elena Semino of Lancaster University about:

The power of metaphor

The universality of metaphor

Metaphors for Covid, health campaigns and vaccinations

Elena Semino’s Lancaster University webpage: Professor Elena Semino

Elena on Twitter: Elena Semino (@elenasemino)

Reframe Covid pages: #ReframeCovid

Questioning Vaccine Discourse project: Quo VaDis: Questioning Vaccine Discourse Project (@vaccine_project)

We’ll be back with a Language in the News special for episode 20 later this summer.

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Contributors

Matthew Butler

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewbutlerwy

Lisa Casey

blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)

Dan Clayton

blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog)

Jacky Glancey

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey

Music: Freenotes