Generic reference in English: A metonymic and conceptual blending analysis

Radden, Günter

doi:10.1075/hcp.25.13rad

In:Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar
Edited by Klaus-Uwe Panther, Linda L. Thornburg and Antonio Barcelona
[Human Cognitive Processing 25] 2009
► pp. 199–228

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Generic reference in English: A metonymic and conceptual blending analysis

Günter Radden

Published online: 29 July 2009

https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.25.13rad

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