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How We Escape Capture by the “War” Metaphor for Covid-19
Metaphor and Symbol 37 (2):88-100 (2022)
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We rely on metaphors and the stories they imply as heuristic devices for communication on all important social and political matters. We are easily trapped by dominant metaphors, though fresh metap...My notes
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War metaphors in public discourse.Stephen J. Flusberg, Teenie Matlock & Paul H. Thibodeau - 2018 - Metaphor and Symbol 33 (1):1-18.
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