Figurative Language

Handbook of Psycholinguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 835-861

  Gibbs, Raymond W ^a   Colston, Herbert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369374-7/50022-5     Document Type: Chapter

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