Real and fictive motion processing in polish L2 users of english and monolinguals: Evidence for different conceptual representations

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 99, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 49-65

  Tomczak, Ewa ^a   Ewert, Anna ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conceptual processing; Embodied cognition; Fictive motion; L1 L2 processing; Motion verbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923043550     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2015.12178.x     Document Type: Article

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