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In:The Rhetorical Mind: Current issues
Edited by Maria Clotilde Almeida, Rodrigo Furtado and Olga Blanco-Carrión
[Figurative Thought and Language 20] 2025
► pp. 53–64

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The match that transcends tennis in the media coverage that transcends language

 | University of Córdoba
Published online: 2 September 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.20.04bla
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Theoretical background
  • 3.Data analysis
    • 3.1The match
    • 3.2The construal of Federer
    • 3.3The construal of Nadal
  • 4.Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
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