Semiotic symbols and the missing theory of thinking

Interaction Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-124

  Clowes, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internalisation; Language and thought; Semiotics; Symbol systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547220892     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.8.1.07clo     Document Type: Article

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