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In:Figurative Meaning Construction in Thought and Language
Edited by Annalisa Baicchi
[Figurative Thought and Language 9] 2020
► pp. 1–10

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Figurativeness all the way down

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 | University of Genoa
Published online: 12 August 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.9.int
Article outline
  • Part I.Figurativeness and theory: Addition, identification and structure
  • Part II.Figurativeness and constructions
  • Part III.Figurativeness, pragmaticity and multimodality
  • Part IV.Typology of figures and cognitive models
  • References
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