Silent birds: Metaphorical constructions of literacy and gender identity in women's talk

Discourse Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 766-783

  Zubair, Shirin ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Discourses; Figurative language; Gender; Identities; Literacies; Metaphors

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849001816     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445607081273     Document Type: Article

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