Unrealistic scenarios, metaphorical blends and rhetorical strategies across genres

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Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-274

  Semino, Elena ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952865560     PISSN: 18748767     EISSN: 18748775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/etc.3.2.07sem     Document Type: Article

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