Metaphors We Die By? Geoengineering, Metaphors, and the Argument From Catastrophe

Metaphor and Symbol

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-147

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Jaspal, Rusi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859769916     PISSN: 10926488     EISSN: 15327868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2012.665795     Document Type: Article

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