Defining Popular Iconic Metaphor

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 579-582

  Columbus, Peter J ^a   Boerger, Michael A ^b  

^a ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PUBLIC FIGURE;

CULTURE; FAMOUS PERSONS; HUMANS; METAPHOR;

EID: 0036550949     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.2.579     Document Type: Article

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