The convergent evolution of radial constructions: French and English deictics and existentials

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-42

  Bergen, Benjamin K ^a   Plauché, Madelaine C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructions; Deictics; Existentials; French; Radial categories

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844293070     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cogl.2005.16.1.1     Document Type: Review

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