On vagueness of cardinal direction relationships in difference cognitive scenarios

Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1025-1032

  Jin, Xin ^a   Geng, Haiyan ^a   Gao, Yong ^a   Liu, Yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardinal direction relationship; Normal vagueness; Pragmatic vagueness; Selective vagueness; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049122430     PISSN: 04798023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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