Cognitive Primitives of Collective Intentions: Linguistic Evidence of Our Mental Ontology

Mind and Language

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-134

  Gold, Natalie ^a   Harbour, Daniel ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858987523     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2012.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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