How business press headlines get their message across: A different perspective on metaphor

Metaphor and Discourse

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 135-152

  White, Michael ^a   Herrera, Honesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 85015933623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230594647_9     Document Type: Chapter

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