The use of literally: Vice or virtue?

Nerlich, Brigitte; Chamizo Domínguez, Pedro José

doi:10.1075/arcl.1.11ner

Article published In: Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Volume 1
Edited by Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
[Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics 1] 2003
► pp. 193–206

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The use of literally

Vice or virtue?

Brigitte Nerlich

Pedro José Chamizo Domínguez

Published online: 11 November 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/arcl.1.11ner

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