Speech and Gesture in Spatial Language and Cognition Among the Yucatec Mayas

Cognitive Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 905-938

  Le Guen, Olivier ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES EN ANTROPOLOGÍA SOCIAL CIESAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Frames of reference; Gesture; Linguistic relativity; Spatial cognition; Yucatec Maya

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH;

EID: 79960144195     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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