Metonymy in language about organizations: A corpus-based study of company names

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-99

  Cornelissen, Joep P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37849000673     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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