Paul Chilton

• University of Warwick
• University of East Anglia
• Lancaster University

Paul Chilton
Born	(1944-10-21) October 21, 1944 (age 80)
Nationality	British
Known for	Cognitive linguistics; political discourse analysis
Academic background
Education	Cheadle Hulme School (formerly The Manchester Warehousmen and Clerks Orphan School)
Alma mater	University of Oxford

Paul Anthony Chilton (born 21 October 1944) is a British cognitive linguist and discourse analyst known for his work on conceptual metaphor, cognitive stylistics, and political discourse. ^[1] Chilton developed a three-dimensional model to analyze semantic structure in natural languages, based on spatial cognition and using a formalism derived from vector geometry. This approach has been applied to discourse in terms of spatial, temporal, and modal dimensions. ^[2]

Chilton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Lancaster. ^[3]

Select publications

• Orwellian Language and the Media (1988)
• Security Metaphors: Cold War Discourse from Containment to Common European Home (1996)
• Analysing Political Discourse: Theory and Practice (2004)
• Language, Space and Mind: The Conceptual Geometry of Linguistic Meaning (2014)
• Religion, Language, and the Human Mind (2018, ed. with Monika Kopytowska)

References

1. "Notice de personne: Chilton, Paul Anthony (1944-....)". Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
2. Baker, Paul; Ellece, Sibonile (2011). Key terms in discourse analysis. New York, N.Y.: Continuum. ISBN   9781441173133. OCLC 703257723
3. "Professor Paul Chilton". Lancaster University. Retrieved 2019-11-20.