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Milky Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies
The language of war as metaphor in our daily exchanges.
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00 If I wanted to post a thread here about the use of war language in daily, non-war, metaphorical use, would it be moved to the controversial topics thread? 02 br
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00 If so, under which circumstances? 02 br
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00 Examples such as these would be discussed: 02 br
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00 "Pick up the morning’s paper and browse through the headlines: “Mayor Defends New Budget.” “Media Blitz Saves Kidnapped Girl.” “Farmers Battle Summer Drought.” “Browser War Heats Up.” “Champ’s Left Hook Right on Target.” " 0-
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00 If I wanted to post a thread here about the use of war language in daily, non-war, metaphorical use, would it be moved to the controversial topics thread? 02 br
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00 If so, under which circumstances? 02 br
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00 Examples such as these would be discussed: 02 br
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00 "Pick up the morning’s paper and browse through the headlines: “Mayor Defends New Budget.” “Media Blitz Saves Kidnapped Girl.” “Farmers Battle Summer Drought.” “Browser War Heats Up.” “Champ’s Left Hook Right on Target.” " 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 But I'm assuming you do want to discuss these things, so have moved it to Linguistics, where you can proceed at your leisure. It will stay here until someone makes a comment that either seems likely to, or does, lead to a "heated discussion" not of the language of war, but of war itself. 02 br 02 br 00 (The Grammar and Vocab forums are primarily intended for ESL students who want to ask questions.
- 02 br 02 br 00 But I'm assuming you do want to discuss these things, so have moved it to Linguistics, where you can proceed at your leisure.
- It will stay here until someone makes a comment that either seems likely to, or does, lead to a "heated discussion" not of the language of war, but of war itself.
- 02 br 02 br 00 (The Grammar and Vocab forums are primarily intended for ESL students who want to ask questions.
- ) 02 br 02 br 00 MrP 0-
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0 First of all, your question should really have been posted in the Help forum. 02 br
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00 But I'm assuming you do want to discuss these things, so have moved it to Linguistics, where you can proceed at your leisure. It will stay here until someone makes a comment that either seems likely to, or does, lead to a "heated discussion" not of the language of war, but of war itself.
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00 But I'm assuming you do want to discuss these things, so have moved it to Linguistics, where you can proceed at your leisure. It will stay here until someone makes a comment that either seems likely to, or does, lead to a "heated discussion" not of the language of war, but of war itself.
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10 First of all, your question should really have been posted in the Help forum. 12 br
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10 But I'm assuming you do want to discuss these things, so have moved it to Linguistics, where you can proceed at your leisure. It will stay here until someone makes a comment that either seems
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