Compounds, creativity and complexity in climate change communication: The case of 'carbon indulgences'

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-353

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Koteyko, Nelya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Compounds; Discourse analysis; Ecolinguistics; Linguistic creativity; Metaphors

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; LANGUAGE; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 67651061600     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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