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Volumn 4, Issue , 1999, Pages 309-332

Metonymic Hierarchies The Conceptualization of Stupidity in German Idiomatic Expressions

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EID: 85190677022     PISSN: 13876724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/hcp.4.18fey     Document Type: Article
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