Alignment in the processing of metaphor

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-355

  Gentner, Dedre ^a   Wolff, Phillip ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031256866     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1997.2527     Document Type: Article

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