Accelerated learning without semantic similarity: Indirect objects

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 531-556

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Author keywords

Analogy; Constructions; Semantics; Syntactic development; Transfer of learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944493600     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cogl.2005.16.3.531     Document Type: Article

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