This study aims to throw light on the use of the plant metaphor in phraseology today. While there is much pressure to use politically correct language when referring to people with physical, mental and social differences there is little sensitivity towards the successful in a world of homogenization.

Levelling: a diachronic survey of metaphor in socio-political discourse

KERMAS, Susan Annelie
2011-01-01

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This study aims to throw light on the use of the plant metaphor in phraseology today. While there is much pressure to use politically correct language when referring to people with physical, mental and social differences there is little sensitivity towards the successful in a world of homogenization.
2011
9783034310796
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