The role of metonymy in word formation: Brazilian Portuguese agent noun constructions

Basilio, Margarida Maria de Paula

doi:10.1075/hcp.25.07bas

In:Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar
Edited by Klaus-Uwe Panther, Linda L. Thornburg and Antonio Barcelona
[Human Cognitive Processing 25] 2009
► pp. 99–109

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The role of metonymy in word formation: Brazilian Portuguese agent noun constructions

Margarida Maria de Paula Basilio

Published online: 29 July 2009

https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.25.07bas

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