Differential ineffability and the senses

Mind and Language

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 407-427

  Levinson, Stephen C ^a   Majid, Asifa ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84908655616     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mila.12057     Document Type: Article

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