Do men and women differ in their use of nonliteral language when they talk about emotions?

Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 153-180

  Link, Kristen E ^a   Kreuz, Roger J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611628     Document Type: Chapter

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