In and on: Investigating the functional geometry of spatial prepositions

Cognition

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-189

  Garrod, Simon ^a   Ferrier, Gillian ^a   Campbell, Siobhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional geometry; Spatial prepositions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032844264     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(99)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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