Can Florida become like the next Florida? When metaphoric comparisons fail

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 935-938

  Glucksberg, Sam ^a   Haught, Catrinel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; METAPHOR; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33845287592     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01807.x     Document Type: Article

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