Classifier learning and modality in a polyglot savant

Lingua

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1339-1353

  Morgan, Gary ^a   Smith, Neil ^b   Tsimpli, Ianthi ^c   Woll, Bencie ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

BSL; Classifiers; Modality; Savant; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947222758     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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