Deliberate Conventional Metaphor in Images: The Case of Corporate Branding Discourse

Metaphor and Symbol

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 131-147

  Ng, Carl Jon Way ^a   Koller, Veronika ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84879682673     PISSN: 10926488     EISSN: 15327868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2013.797807     Document Type: Article

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