Semantic analysis of body parts in emotion terminology: Avoiding the exoticisms of “obstinate monosemy” and “online extension”

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 85-106

  Enfield, Nick ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85032068332     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.10.12.05enf     Document Type: Article

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