Biotech as 'biothreat'?: Metaphorical constructions in discourse

Discourse and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-119

  Holmgreen, Lise Lotte ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Critical discourse analysis; Media language; Metaphor; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649023794     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926507083691     Document Type: Article

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