How thought is mapped into words

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 583-597

  Malt, Barbara C ^a   Majid, Asifa ^b,c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84885753424     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1251     Document Type: Review

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