Metaphorical parasites and "parasitic" metaphors: Semantic exchanges between political and scientific vocabularies

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 218-233

  Musolff, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti semitism; Chain of being; Discourse historical approach; Meme; Metaphor; Metonymy; Parasite; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940252334     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.13.2.02mus     Document Type: Article

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