Evolution of Verb Meanings in Children and L2 Adult Learners Through Reorganization of an Entire Semantic Domain: The Case of Chinese Carry/Hold Verbs

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-88

  Saji, Noburo ^a   Imai, Mutsumi ^b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84869393809     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2012.689788     Document Type: Article

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