Linguistic innovation during a national crisis: An analysis of selected shona metaphors created during the zimbabwe crisis

South African Journal of African Languages

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-184

  Kadenge, Maxwell ^a   Mavunga, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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EID: 77956348793     PISSN: 2572117     EISSN: 23051159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2009.10587327     Document Type: Article

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