Metaphoric Language Use in a Sample of Modern Political Discourse on Iran-West Relations

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Somayyeh Jafarnezhad ¹ , Bahloul Salmani ² , Hossein Sadegh Oghli ³

1 - English Language Department, Sarab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sarab, Iran
2 - Department of English, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - English Language Department, Sarab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sarab, Iran

Received: 2020-04-09 Accepted : 2020-09-18 Published : 2021-04-01

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