Language typology, task complexity and the development of L2 lexicalization patterns for describing motion events

Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 245-276

  Cadierno, Teresa ^a   Robinson, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Language typology; Lexicalization patterns; Motion events; Task complexity; Usage based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449941545     PISSN: 15720268     EISSN: 15720276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/arcl.7.10cad     Document Type: Article

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