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Kathryn Allan, Metaphor and metonymy: A diachronic approach (Publications of the Philological Society 42). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. Pp. x + 255. ISBN 978-1-4051-9085-5.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2011

Gerard Steen
Gerard Steen*
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Letteren, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlandsgj.steen@let.vu.nl
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , November 2011 , pp. 564 - 570
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