Novel metaphor and conceptual stability
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0102-4450
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-44502006000300010