12 What native and non-native speakers' images for idioms tell us about figurative language

Advances in Psychology

Volumn 134, Issue C, 2002, Pages 275-295

  Bortfeld, Heather ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956769704     PISSN: 01664115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(02)80015-2     Document Type: Article

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