Metaphor in the Academic Mentoring of International Undergraduate Students: The Erasmus Experience.
Metaphor use in university contexts has received some attention by the literature, which has mostly focussed on the language produced by academics. However, more dialogic forms of academic communications, where students are afforded opportunities for feedback on and discussion of opaque language use...
| Publicado en: | Metaphor & Symbol Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan-Mar2022
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