The figurative and literal senses of idioms, or all idioms are not used equally

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 475-487

  Popiel, Stephen J ^a   McRae, Ken ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000854760     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: 15736555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01067912     Document Type: Article

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