What does ‘really deliberate’ really mean?: More thoughts on metaphor and consciousness

Steen, Gerard J.

doi:10.1075/msw.1.1.04ste

Article published In: Metaphor and the Social World
Vol. 1:1 (2011) ► pp.53–56

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What does ‘really deliberate’ really mean?

More thoughts on metaphor and consciousness

Gerard J. Steen | Department of Language and Communication, VU University, Amsterdam

Published online: 22 July 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.1.1.04ste

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