Language Structure, Lexical Meaning, and Cognition: Whorf and Vygotsky Revisited

Words and the Mind: How Words Capture Human Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lucy, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

American English; Language; Lexemes; Lexical form; Lexical meaning; Thought; Yucatec Maya

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EID: 80051521502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311129.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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