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Possible worlds and mental spaces in Hemingway's 'A very short story'. / Semino, Elena.
Cognitive Poetics in Practice. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2003. p. 83-98.

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Semino, E 2003, Possible worlds and mental spaces in Hemingway's 'A very short story'. in Cognitive Poetics in Practice. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 83-98. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203417737

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Semino, E. (2003). Possible worlds and mental spaces in Hemingway's 'A very short story'. In Cognitive Poetics in Practice (pp. 83-98). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203417737

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Semino E. Possible worlds and mental spaces in Hemingway's 'A very short story'. In Cognitive Poetics in Practice. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2003. p. 83-98 doi: 10.4324/9780203417737

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Semino, Elena. / Possible worlds and mental spaces in Hemingway's 'A very short story'. Cognitive Poetics in Practice. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2003. pp. 83-98

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