Language as a witness: Insights from cognitive linguistics

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-267

  Filipović, Luna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English; Lexicalization; Motion events; Police interviews; Spanish; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749128828     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/ijsll.2007.14.2.245     Document Type: Article

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