Metaphors Trump’s Discourse ‘Lives by’: are they Mere Pervasive Linguistic Clichés or Persuasive Tools?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pragmatics Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2656-8020
DOI: 10.18326/jopr.v3i1.1-13