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Functions of Language
Vol. 15:2 (2008) ► pp.304–317
Book review

Dirk Geeraerts (ed.). Cognitive Linguistics: Basic readings. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2006. viii + 485 pp. ISBN 978 3 11 0190854(pb) 978 3 11 019084 7(hb)

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Published online: 1 October 2008
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