Reasons to doubt the present evidence for metaphoric representation

Cognition

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-108

  Murphy, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE;

COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; METAPHOR; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

EID: 0030635770     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(96)00725-1     Document Type: Article

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