Traveling through space in Persian and English: A comparative analysis of motion events in elicited narratives

Language Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-416

  Feiz, Parastou ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptualization; Discourse analysis; Grammar and space; Motion events; Persian (Farsi)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952694788     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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