The thickness of pitch: Crossmodal metaphors in Farsi, Turkish, and Zapotec

Senses and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-105

  Shayan, Shakila ^a   Ozturk, Ozge ^a   Sicoli, Mark A ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross linguistic; Crossmodal; Embodiment; Metaphor; Pitch

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951778656     PISSN: 17458927     EISSN: 17458935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/174589311X12893982233911     Document Type: Article

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