Metaphors in medical texts / / Geraldine W. van Rijn-van Tongeren.
This book claims that metaphors must be seen as indispensable cognitive and communicative instruments in medical science. Analysis of texts taken from recently published medical handbooks reveals what kind of metaphors are used to structure certain medical concepts and what the functions are of the...
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| Superior document: | Utrecht studies in language and communication ; 8 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam, Netherlands ;, Atlanta, Georgia : : Rodopi,, [1997] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Utrecht studies in language and communication ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
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