Linguistics as metaphor: Analysing the discursive ontology of the object of linguistic inquiry

Language Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-446

  Shi Xu, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Language, science of; Linguistic theory; Metaphor; Social science; Social constructionist linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002541983     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0388-0001(00)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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