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Deignan, Alice; Semino, Elena; Paul, Shirley-Anne – Applied Linguistics, 2019
Experts are generally in agreement that anthropogenic climate change is happening and will increase in severity, but this view is not clearly reflected in more non-specialist texts. Research has shown that school students have a limited and sometimes faulty understanding of climate change. Metaphors are used by scientists in developing thought and…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, Climate, Information Dissemination