Daily breakdowns of current news headlines using Cognitive Linguistics. See how metaphors shape the stories we read.
News Decoded: Political Rhetoric DAILY DECODER: “Poorer and Less Free Under Modi” — Spatial Power, Embodied Liberty & Counterfactual Paths. Explore how George Lakoff’s Cognitive Metaphor Theory decodes political headlines into embodied journeys, spatial hierarchies, and conceptual frames.
News Decoded: Political Rhetoric DAILY DECODER: “Heaping Insults” — The Weight of Political Metaphors. Insults have no mass, but cognitive linguistics reveals why we talk about heaping them upon fellow citizens. George Lakoff’s conceptual metaphor theory decoded.
How do news headlines shape public perception? Explore the evolution of media war frames through the lens of cognitive linguistics and George Lakoff.
News Decoded: Deep Dive THE LANGUAGE OF THE AI SCARE-TRADE: Decoding the 2028 Crisis When financial markets panic, analysts stop
News Decoded: Deep Dive THE HIDDEN STORIES TECH ADS TELL US: A Critical Look at Frames Scroll through the news
News Decoded: Tech Edition DAILY DECODER: The Dangerous Promise of a “Frictionless” World Every new app promises to remove “friction”
News Decoded: Cricket Special DAILY DECODER: “India Decimates Pakistan” — The Violence of Cricket It was just a game in
News Decoded: Sports Edition DAILY DECODER: Why We “Crush” Our Opponents We use words like “destroy,” “slaughter,” and “annihilate” to
News Decoded: Feb 15, 2026 DAILY DECODER: “Shops of Lies” & “Selling the Nation” The latest clash between BJP and
News Decoded: Feb 14, 2026 DAILY DECODER: Is AI “Conscious”? The Trap of Personification We treat chatbots like people. We
