Context and the comprehension of nonliteral meanings

Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 73-98

  Holtgraves, Thomas ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611628     Document Type: Chapter

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