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Review published In: Metaphor and the Social World
Vol. 6:1 (2016) ► pp.156–168

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D. Miller & E. Monti (Eds.). Tradurre Figure / Translating Figurative Language. Bononia University Press, 2014. xiv + 423 pp. ISBN 978-88-7395-989-2paperback http://amsacta.unibo.it/4030/1/TradurreFigure_Volume_MillerMonti2014.pdf

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Published online: 12 May 2016
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