“Split selves” in fiction and in medical “life stories” Cognitive linguistic theory and narrative practice

Linguistic Approaches to Literature

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 153-181

  Emmott, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85199316261     PISSN: 15693112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/lal.1.09emm     Document Type: Chapter

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