The hands of time: Temporal gestures in english speakers

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 643-674

  Casasanto, Daniel ^a   Jasmin, Kyle ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gesture; Metaphor; Space; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867168151     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: 16133641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cog-2012-0020     Document Type: Article

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