DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190205 Author: Jakub Kovář Affiliation: Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States Email: kovar42@seznam.cz Language: English Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 107-133 (27 pages) Keywords: metaphor, generative metaphor, patterns of speech, categorization, euphemism, language, conflict Abstract This paper explores the ways in which metaphors and other distinctive patterns of speech influence our…