Teach us to pray: The cognitive power of domain violations

Poetics

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 493-506

  Wuthnow, Robert ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55549129253     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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