Are ‘deliberate’ metaphors really special?: Deliberateness in the light of metaphor activation

Müller, Cornelia

doi:10.1075/msw.1.1.06mul

Article published In: Metaphor and the Social World
Vol. 1:1 (2011) ► pp.61–66

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Are ‘deliberate’ metaphors really special?

Deliberateness in the light of metaphor activation

Cornelia Müller | European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)

Published online: 22 July 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.1.1.06mul

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