Semiotic cognition and the logic of culture

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 611-627

  Van Heusden, Barend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cultural evolution; Meaning; Semiotic cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047682774     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.17.3.07van     Document Type: Article

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