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Stine, Peter – English Quarterly, 1983
Uses the Vietnamese War as a metaphor for student and instructor approaches to language in composition classes. Explores George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" in its relationship to the rhetoric surrounding United States intervention. (MM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Usage, Metaphors, Political Issues

Conrow, Margaret – English Quarterly, 1980
Connections and associations in metaphors are examined in terms of "tenor,""vehicle,""bridge," and "framework." (HTH)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices

Piper, David – English Quarterly, 1986
Presents some personal experimental work relating to world metaphors together with that of others working in the areas of logic, psychology, and philosophy. (NKA)
Descriptors: English Instruction, English Literature, Fiction, Language Processing