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Review published In: Metaphor and the Social World
Vol. 4:1 (2014) ► pp.138–146

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Gerard J. Steen, Aletta G. Dorst, J. Berenike Herrmann, Anna Kaal, Tina Krennmayr & Trijntje Pasma. A Method for Linguistic Metaphor Identification: From MIP to MIPVU [Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 14]. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2010. xi + 238 pp. ISBN 978 90 272 3903 7Hardback 978 90 272 3904 4Paperback

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Published online: 5 May 2014
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