METAPHORS IN BUSINESS DISCOURCE
Abstract
Figurative language has always been used in business communication, with metaphoric expressions being its most representative and frequent elements. A metaphor is defined as a transference of literary meaning of a word into another context, which means that one thing is described in terms of some other thing, e. g. time is money, cash cow, sleeping beauty.
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