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Publication details [#39563]

Koller, Veronica. 2004. Businesswomen and war metaphors: 'Possessive, jealous and pugnacious'? Journal of Sociolinguistics 8 (1) : 3–22.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

business | conflict | discourse analysis | metaphor | women's language

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/josl

Annotation

This paper tests the hypothesis that using war metaphors for the description of women managers, reflects the hegemonic masculinity which determines business discourse.