Temporal frames of reference: Conceptual analysis and empirical evidence from German, English, Mandarin Chinese and Tongan

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 283-307

  Bender, Andrea ^a   Beller, Sieghard ^a   Bennardo, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural analysis; Frames of reference; language; space; temporal perspectives; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651493435     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853710X531195     Document Type: Article

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