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Introduction In: Metonymic Thinking All the Way Down: From discourse to the lexicon, and beyond
Edited by Carmen Portero-Muñoz, Antonio Barcelona and Almudena Soto Nieto
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies 13:1] 2026
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Introduction

Metonymic thinking all the way down

From discourse to the lexicon, and beyond

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