Can "Metaphor" Be Translated?

Dagut, Menachem

doi:10.1075/babel.22.1.05dag

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Vol. 22:1 (1976) ► pp.21–33

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Can "Metaphor" Be Translated?

Menachem Dagut

Published online: 1 January 1976

https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.22.1.05dag

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