Metaphors of identity in dating ads and newspaper articles

Text and Talk

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-78

  Marley, Carol ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Hard news'; 'Soft news'; Cooperative principle; Cotextual selections; Dating ads; Metaphors of identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247385529     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2007.003     Document Type: Review

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