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Review published In: Metaphor and the Social World
Vol. 5:1 (2015) ► pp.155–163

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Kevin E. Moore. The Spatial Language of Time. Metaphor, Metonymy and Frames of Reference. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2014. xxv + 334 pp. ISBN 9789027223968

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Published online: 10 July 2015
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