The grammar of exchange: A comparative study of reciprocal constructions across languages

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2011, Pages

  Majid, Asifa ^a,b   Evans, Nicholas ^c   Gaby, Alice ^d   Levinson, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Category; Construction; Extension; Grammar; Intension; Meaning; Reciprocal; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867124238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00034     Document Type: Article

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