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ERIC Number: EJ664647
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-4906
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Metaphor and Economics: The Case of Growth.
White, Michael
English for Specific Purposes, v22 n2 p131-51 2003
Discuses the use of metaphor in business and economics, both in the subject itself and in language for specific purposes instruction. Investigates how variation in economic aggregates is put across in discourse and concludes that the concept of growth plays a key role in this respect. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Economics, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Metaphors, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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