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Introduction published In: Cognitive Perspectives on Political Discourse
Edited by Pascal Fischer and Christoph Schubert
[Journal of Language and Politics 13:2] 2014
► pp. 205–217

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Introduction

Cognitive perspectives on political discourse

 | University of Bamberg |
 | University of Vechta |
Published online: 29 August 2014
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.13.2.01fis
Article outline
  • 1.Conceptual metaphor and the evolution of CL
  • 2.Framing and mental models
  • 3.Categorization and denotational boundaries
  • 4.The contributions to this issue
  • Notes
  • References
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