BREXIT AS A FAMILY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH POLITICAL DISCOURSE

The article deals with the family concept of metaphorisation in English political discourse based on the nowadays topical theme such as Brexit. The term Brexit itself was named the word of the year 2016 by Collins Dictionary.  

In the British quality press, such as The Guardian, BBC News, we can notice that the topic Brexit draws attention from public. One of the major concepts that is used for describing the world and political events happening around is association with family. This already shows the strong emotional involvement Brexit has on society and personal feelings of each person this political topic provokes in people. In the present article the author organized and analyzed metaphors examples from the printed media discourse the author provides the brightest examples of the attitude of politicians and effect they have on public.  

By and large, a family relationship appears to function as a highly important conceptual reference point for people's understanding of political relations in the current context.

The approaches that were used by the author contain descriptive analysis, lingua-cultural approach and cognitive method.