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Aikaterini-Sofia Panoutsou and Fioralbo Permeti
This research focuses on the linguistic expressions which shape the conceptualization of war, battle and the rebel figure in the Memoirs. Drawing on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980) and Engstrøm’s approach to metaphor theory (1999), it takes a qualitative approach to the text focusing on different ways in which war, battle and the rebel figure are understood by Kolokotronis. The study traced both conventional and novel instances of metaphors, providing a comprehensive overview of rebel life and the way military affairs were perceived at the time. The contribution of the study lies in the novel conceptualizations in the Memoirs which advance understanding of the 1821 war and rebel fighting.
