In the mind's ear: The semantic extensions of perception verbs in Australian languages

Language

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 546-592

  Evans, Nicholas ^a   Wilkins, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0039973776     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/417135     Document Type: Article

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