Flow Metaphors in the Discursive Construction of Traditional Handicrafts in Vietnamese News and Heritage Discourse: A Cognitive-Discourse Analysis
Bui Thi Huyen & Nguyen Hong Thanh · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2026
This article examines how Vietnamese news and institutional heritage discourse draws on the semantic domain of flow to construct traditional handicrafts as practices with origins, continuity, and vulnerability to disruption. Rather than assigning every historically water-related...
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10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3350