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Conceptual Blending and Slang Expressions in Hong Kong Cantonese Cover

Conceptual Blending and Slang Expressions in Hong Kong Cantonese

By: May L-Y Wong  
Open Access
|Jun 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scl-2021-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2470-8275 | Journal ISSN: 1017-1274
Language: English
Page range: 97 - 119
Submitted on: Sep 21, 2020
Accepted on: Jan 27, 2021
Published on: Jun 30, 2021
Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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