Overtness-covertness in advertising gender metaphors

This paper aims at demonstrating that weak communication (overt and covert) can have an important influence on the choice, specification and interpretation of ideological metaphors in advertising. We focus here on a concrete type of ideological metaphor, advertising gender metaphor. We present a des...

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Main Author: Marisol Velasco Sacristán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de La Rioja 2009-05-01
Series:Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/jes/article/view/145