Social and cultural influences on figurative and indirect language

Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 99-130

  Colston, Herbert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

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EID: 33746047839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611628     Document Type: Chapter

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