An analysis of conceptual metaphor in the professional and academic discourse of technical communication /

This dissertation explores the ongoing division between technical communication practitioners and academics by examining the conceptual metaphors that underlie their discourse in professional journals and textbooks. Beginning with a demonstration that conceptual metaphor theory as formulated by Geor...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sherwood, Matthew Aaron, 1974-
Other Authors:	Killingsworth, M. Jimmie (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : [Texas A&M University], [2005]
Subjects:	Major English. Technical Communication Conceptual Metaphor
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy