Explaining the Construction of Euphemistic Meaning via Schematization in Persian: A Cognitive Approach

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1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
3 Professor, Department of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran

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