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Similarity is closeness: Metaphorical mapping in a conceptual task

Inge Boot Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Diane Pecher Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 942-954 | Received 06 Nov 2008, Published online: 29 Aug 2009

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