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Contrast sets in spatial and temporal language

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Tenbrink, T., Freksa, C. Contrast sets in spatial and temporal language. Cogn Process 10 (Suppl 2), 322–324 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-009-0309-4

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