Understanding Metaphors for Writing: In Defense of the Conduit Metaphor
http://archive.ncte.org/pdfs/subscribers-only/ccc/0531-sept01/CO0531Understanding.pdf
  peer-reviewed

Eubanks, Philip
CCC
2001

Abstract:

The Conduit Metaphor has been roundly condemned by language scholars, including scholars in rhetoric and composition, but it is time to reevaluate its import and value. Rather than simply asserting a mistaken view of linguistic communication, the Conduit Metaphor combines with the metaphor Language Is Power to form a prudentially applied ethical measure of discourses, genres, and texts.