Metarepresentation and human capacities

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-140

  Bejarano Fernández, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural learning; Fictionally triggered emotions; Laughter; Metabelief; Morality; Motor imitation; Origin of syntax; Pointing; Pretence; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248703596     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.11.1.05bej     Document Type: Article

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