The career of metaphor

Psychological Review

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 193-216

  Bowdle, Brian F ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY;

HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; METAPHOR;

EID: 12344273349     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.112.1.193     Document Type: Article

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