Human locomotion in languages: Constraints on moving and meaning

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-123

  Malt, Barbara C ^a   Ameel, Eef ^b   Imai, Mutsumi ^c   Gennari, Silvia P ^d   Saji, Noburo ^c   Majid, Asifa ^e,f  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross linguistic comparison; Lexical categorization; Locomotion verb; Semantics; Word meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900556686     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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