Gravity or levity: Vertical space in Japanese rock climbing instructions

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 222-248

  Kataoka, Kuniyoshi ^a  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84989404779     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jlin.1998.8.2.222     Document Type: Article

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