Britain as a container: Immigration metaphors in the 2005 election campaign

Discourse and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-581

  Charteris Black, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive heuristic; Container; Emotion; Legitimacy; Metaphor; Natural disaster; Penetration; Pressure; Right wing; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747890939     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926506066345     Document Type: Review

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