Applying cognitive linguistics to learning the semantics of English to, for and at: An experimental investigation

Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-205

  Tyler, Andrea ^a   Mueller, Charles ^b   Ho, Vu ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied cognitive linguistics; English prepositions; Instructed second language learning; Prepositions; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952723742     PISSN: 16970381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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