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Review published In: Embodied, Social, and Creative Dimensions of Metonymy
Edited by Marlene Johansson Falck and Thomas Wiben Jensen
[Metaphor and the Social World 15:2] 2025
► pp. 314–320

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A. Piata. The Poetics of Time — Metaphors and Blends in Language and Literature [Figurative Thought and Language, 3]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2018. xviii, 206 pp. ISBN 9789027209870 (HB) / 9789027264664 (EB) https://​doi​.org​/10​.1075​/ftl​.3

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 | Belarus State University of Foreign Languages
Published online: 21 October 2025
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Overview
  • 3.Evaluation
  • References
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