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Perspectives on Abstract Concepts: Cognition, language and communication
Edited by Marianna Bolognesi and Gerard J. Steen
[Human Cognitive Processing 65] 2019
► pp. 1–13

Introduction

Article outline
  • 1.Background
  • 2.Contributions to the volume
  • 3.Conclusions
  • References
Published online: 6 June 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.65.01bol
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