Iconicity in language processing and acquisition: What signed languages reveal

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 603-616

  Thompson, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052896001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2011.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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