Metaphors of illness in news reports in a Malaysian newspaper

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Metaphors of illness in news reports in a Malaysian newspaper

In April 2009, reports of a new strain of a deadly flu virus emerged in Mexico. The scarcity of information available on this new threat can be observed clearly in the language used in the news reports. This study investigates the use of conceptual metaphors of the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in...

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Main Author:	Priyadarshni, R. Lakshmi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Metaphor - Malaysia Metaphor - Language
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67639/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67639/1/FBMK%202016%2076%20IR.pdf

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