Metaphor, politics and gender: A case study from Germany

Politics, Gender and Conceptual Metaphors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-35

  Koller, Veronika ^a   Semino, Elena ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230245235     Document Type: Chapter

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