The case of see: Metaphor vs. conflation in the acquisition of polysemy

Johnson, Christopher R.

doi:10.1075/cilt.152.12joh

In:Cultural, Psychological and Typological Issues in Cognitive Linguistics: Selected papers of the bi-annual ICLA meeting in Albuquerque, July 1995
Edited by Masako K. Hiraga, Chris Sinha and Sherman Wilcox
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 152] 1999
► pp. 155–170

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Metaphor vs. conflation in the acquisition of polysemy

The case of see

Christopher R. Johnson

Published online: 15 October 1999

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.152.12joh

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