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Book Title: Memory, Metaphors, And Meaning: Processing Ideas
Number of Pages: 246 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Memory, Metaphors, and Meaning : Reading Literary Texts
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Cognitive Science, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Subjects & Themes / General
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 19.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Psychology, Literary Criticism, Science, Philosophy
Author: Nicolae Babuts
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.9 in
Format: Hardcover
