Negation as a metaphor-inducing operator

The Expression of Negation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 225-256

  Giora, Rachel ^a   Fein, Ofer ^b   Metuki, Nili ^c   Stern, Pnina ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110219302.225     Document Type: Chapter

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