Principles of event segmentation in language: The case of motion events

Language

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-532

  Bohnemeyer, Jürgen ^a   Ibarretxe Antuñano, Iraide ^b   Enfield, Nicholas J ^c   Kita, Sotaro ^d   Ameka, Felix K ^e   Essegbey, James ^f   Lüpke, Friederike ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547591339     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2007.0116     Document Type: Article

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