Verbs and nouns convey different types of motion in event descriptions

Linguistics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 917-945

  Kersten, Alan W ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345059994     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2003.030     Document Type: Review

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