What gestures reveal about how semantic distinctions develop in Dutch children's placement verbs

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-262

  Gullberg, Marianne ^a   Narasimhan, Bhuvana ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dutch; Gesture; Language development; Placement; Verb semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953816846     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: 16133641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COGL.2010.009     Document Type: Article

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