Signs, deixis, and the emergence of scientific explanation

Semiotica

Volumn 138, Issue , 2002, Pages 95-130

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Lawless, Daniel V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0141619938     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.2002.016     Document Type: Review

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