Transfer of conceptualization patterns in bilinguals: The construal of motion events in Turkish and German

Bilingualism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-119

  Daller, Michael H ^a   Treffers Daller, Jeanine ^a   Furman, Reyhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

motion event construal; second language acquisition; thinking for speaking; transfer; Turkish German bilinguals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551494825     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728910000106     Document Type: Article

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