A concordance-based study of metaphoric expressions used by general practitioners and patients in consultation.
BACKGROUND: All languages use metaphoric expressions; some deliberately chosen, some (for example, 'digesting information') not usually perceived as metaphoric. Increasingly, it is suggested metaphoric expressions constrain the way we conceptualise the world, as well as being a means of a...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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