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Metaphors We Live by

Barbara M. H. Strang, +2 more
- 01 Jan 1982 - 
- Vol. 77, Iss: 1, pp 134
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This article is published in Modern Language Review.The article was published on 1982-01-01. It has received 4472 citations till now.

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