The origins of grammar in the verbalization of experience

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-382

  Croft, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Construal; Grammar; Grammaticalization; Verbalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848881045     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: 16133641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COG.2007.021     Document Type: Article

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