The economy is an organism? A study of metaphors in Malaysian business times

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The economy is an organism? A study of metaphors in Malaysian business times

This article applies Conceptual Metaphor Theory developed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) to investigate the metaphorical linguistic manifestations of the conceptual metaphor the economy is an organism based on Charteris-Black and Ennis’s (2001) proposed conceptual metaphor. This study is a non-experim...

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Main Authors:	Tengku Mahmood, Tengku Farah Petri, Rafik-Galea, Shameem, Mohamad Ali, Afida, Mohd Kasim, Zalina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Association of Modern Languages 2013
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27960/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27960/1/The%20economy%20is%20an%20organism%20A%20study%20of%20metaphors%20in%20Malaysian%20business%20times.pdf

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