From epistemic (ergotic) actions to scientific discourse

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-170

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actions; Discourse; Embodiment; Ergotic epistemic movements; Symbolic movements; Timing of gestures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746835541     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.11.1.06rot     Document Type: Article

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