Why pointing with the index finger is not a universal (in sociocultural and semiotic terms)

Pointing: Where Language, Culture, and Cognition Meet

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 171-215

  Wilkins, David ^a  

^a VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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EID: 84919504632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410607744     Document Type: Chapter

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