ARABIC POLITICAL PHRASEOLOGY AND ITS LINGUO-COGNITIVE ANALYSIS

Abstract

This paper examines phraseological units in Arabic political 
discourse from a linguo-cognitive perspective. Drawing on the theoretical 
frameworks of conceptual metaphor theory (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980), cognitive 
grammar (Langacker, 1987), critical discourse analysis (van Dijk, 1997, 1998; 
Fairclough, 1995, 2001), and Russian phraseological scholarship (Vinogradov, 
1977; Kunin, 1984; Telia, 1996; Maslova, 2001), the study analyzes the nature, 
classification, semantic structure, and pragmatic functions of Arabic political 
phraseologisms. Special attention is given to both terminological and non-
terminological phraseological units, with an emphasis on their imagery and 
connotative features. The research further explores the principal conceptual 
metaphors underlying Arabic political discourse  including the domains of “war,” 
“theatre,” and “medicine”  and identifies their role in representing political 
reality. The findings demonstrate that phraseological units in Arabic political 
discourse function not only as linguistic elements but also as instruments for 
shaping public opinion and exerting political influence.