Constructing the source: Metaphor as a discourse strategy

Discourse Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-384

  Wee, Lionel ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activity type; Discourse type; Metaphor; Recontextualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144509633     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445605052191     Document Type: Article

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