Discourse and sociocultural factors in understanding nonliteral language

Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 183-207

  Katz, Albert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611628     Document Type: Chapter

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