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Direct linkAl-Zuraiki, Mokhtar – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation examines the use and linguistic behavior of the "al-raqs ala ru'oos al-tha'abeen" "dancing on the heads of snakes" metaphor and metaphors about unity in pro-government and anti-government discourse in Yemen. It adopts an intertextual, discourse-based approach that, following Oakley and Coulson (2008),…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes
