Metaphors and the mental lexicon

Brain and Language

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 192-198

  Geiger, Odie ^a   Ward, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental lexicon; Metaphor comprehension

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0033563758     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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