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Article published In: Review of Cognitive Linguistics
Vol. 12:2 (2014) ► pp.493–510

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Metaphor studies in retrospect and prospect

An interview with Gerard Steen

 | University of Sheffield, UK
Published online: 31 October 2014
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https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.12.2.09gav
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