The stories metaphors tell: Metaphors as a tool to decipher tacit aspects in narratives

Field Methods

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-23

  Steger, Thomas ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metaphor; Narratives; Tacit information; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649095178     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X06292788     Document Type: Article

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