Emerging patterns and evolving polysemies: The acquisition of get between four and ten years

Polysemy: Flexible Patterns of Meaning in Mind and Language

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 333-358

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Todd, Zazie ^b   Clarke, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110895698.333     Document Type: Chapter

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