From metonymy to syntax in the communication of events

Interaction Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-65

  Dessalles, Jean Louis ^a  

^a TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Compositionality; Evolution; Metonymy; Pragmatics; Protolanguage; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749107910     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.9.1.05des     Document Type: Article

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