Why you can't kick the bucket as you slowly die: Verbs in idiom comprehension

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-39

  Hamblin, Jennifer L ^a   Gibbs Jr , Raymond W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0347146670     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023235403250     Document Type: Article

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