What may words say, or what may words not say. A corpus-based approach to linguistic action

In this paper I present an empirical approach to the analysis of the way English speakers conceptualize the communicative process in English. Most linguistic expressions about language in English are surface manifestations of what Reddy termed the "conduit metaphor". Reddy's model imp...

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Main Author: Martínez Vázquez, Monserrat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Alicante 2005-11-01
Series:Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Online Access:https://raei.ua.es/article/view/2005-n18-what-may-words-say-or-what-may-words-not-say-a-corpus-based-approach-to-linguistic-action