Concreteness and Psychological Distance in Natural Language Use
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Concreteness and Psychological Distance in Natural Language Use.
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0956-7976,1467-9280
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615591771