Metaphor in Ebola’s popularized scientific discourse

This article identifies, describes and analyzes specific instances of metaphors used to represent and explain ten “frame elements” in popularized scientific articles devoted to the Ebola disease or virus, within the overall “health frame”. The descriptive and explanatory metaphors studied derive fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isabel Balteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos 2017-10-01
Series:Ibérica
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Online Access:http://aelfe.org/documents/34_09_IBERICA.pdf