Oration published In: Metaphor in Religion and Spirituality
Edited by Stephen Pihlaja
[Metaphor and the Social World 7:1] 2017
► pp. 130–151
Oration
A metaphor biangle
Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. and Gerard J. Steen
Published online: 20 July 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.7.1.09ras
https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.7.1.09ras
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