Cut and break verbs in Yélî Dnye, the Papuan language of Rossel Island

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-218

  Levinson, Stephen C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cut and break; Language and culture; Papuan languages; Separation events; Verb semantics; Y l Dnye

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848834145     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: 16133641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COG.2007.009     Document Type: Article

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