Review published In: Metaphor and the Social World
Vol. 15:1 (2025) ► pp.163–168
Book review
. Slowing Metaphor Down. Elaborating Deliberate Metaphor Theory. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2023. 355 pp. ISBN 978 90 272 1385 3 (HB) / 978 90 272 4977 7 (EB) https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.26
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Published online: 13 March 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.25003.zha
https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.25003.zha
Article outline
- 1.Introduction and background
- 2.Overview
- 3.Evaluation
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