Exploring LanguageAddison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated, 1997 - Language Arts & Disciplines |
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... metaphors , false limbs , pretentious diction , and meaningless words . 2. A euphemism is a figure of speech in which an indirect or inoffensive statement is substituted for a direct , blunt , or unpleasant one . From the Persian Gulf ...
... metaphors , false limbs , pretentious diction , and meaningless words . 2. A euphemism is a figure of speech in which an indirect or inoffensive statement is substituted for a direct , blunt , or unpleasant one . From the Persian Gulf ...
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... metaphoric world where his language invites extermination of the ' enemy , ' he clothes the ' victim an a mantle of ... metaphors and jokes " invite audiences to cheer language that expresses a destructive hostility against an adversary ...
... metaphoric world where his language invites extermination of the ' enemy , ' he clothes the ' victim an a mantle of ... metaphors and jokes " invite audiences to cheer language that expresses a destructive hostility against an adversary ...
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... metaphors or schemas for war can't be avoided . Our coping mechanism is to turn to simplified representations , which inevitably leave out the grim facts of war . Nor would it be desirable , says Berger in the final paragraph , to make ...
... metaphors or schemas for war can't be avoided . Our coping mechanism is to turn to simplified representations , which inevitably leave out the grim facts of war . Nor would it be desirable , says Berger in the final paragraph , to make ...
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SOME PERSONAL BEGINNINGS | 8 |
Talking in the New Land | 14 |
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