Parasites, herbivores and dried fish: dehumanising metaphorical blends in Japanese

In the context of a vast body of research on the role and function of conceptual metaphor in linguistic representation of non-dominant or non-normative social groups, the present paper deals with metaphorical blending found in a number of expressions used to describe deliberately single people formi...

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Main Authors: Prazmo, Ewelina Maria, Augustyn, Rafal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15278/1/37749-126835-3-PB.pdf