“So, Obama is a Muslim?”: toward figurative spaces and blends in US same-sex marriage discourse
This article investigates the meaning construction processes of novel figurative expressions found in the discourse on the US legalisation of same-sex marriage. It is argued that mental spaces theory and conceptual blending theory (MSCB) can be of great analytical benefits when dealing with this t...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2019
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14006/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14006/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14006/1/31884-116070-1-PB.pdf |