Metaphor use in three UK university lectures

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 428-455

  Low, Graham ^a   Littlemore, Jeannette ^b   Koester, Almut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 50949086868     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amn008     Document Type: Article

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