Metaphorical conceptions in hip-hop music

African American Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-512

  Crossley, Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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