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Publication details [#43233]

MacArthur, Fiona. 2005. The Competent Horseman in a Horseless World: Observations on a Conventional Metaphor in Spanish and English. Metaphor and Symbol 20 (1) : 71–94.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language | metaphor

Language as a subject

English | Spanish

Place, Publisher

Erlbaum

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This paper explores a conventional metaphoric theme in English and Spanish, running that "control of an unpredictable or undesirable force is a rider's control of a horse", and deals with its linguistic instantiations.