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Authors: Erin Steuter
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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When photographs documenting the torture and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib came to the attention of a horrified public, national and international voic
Argument is War: Relevance-Theoretic Comprehension of the Conceptual Metaphor of War in the Apocalypse
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Pages: 381
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Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-25 - Publisher: BRILL

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In Argument is War: Relevance-Theoretic Comprehension of the Conceptual Metaphor of War in the Apocalypse, Clifford T. Winters demonstrates that the apparent wa
Metaphors We Live By
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Pages: 292
Authors: George Lakoff
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-12-19 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamenta
Medicine Is War
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Medicine is most often understood through the metaphor of war. We encounter phrases such as "the war against the coronavirus," "the front lines of the Ebola cri
Metaphor Wars
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Authors: Raymond W. Gibbs
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science and the humanities. This book explores the critical role that concep