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Rethinking the abstract/concrete concepts dichotomy: Comment on "Words as social tools: Language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts" by Anna M. Borghi et al.

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concepts. Phys Life Rev 2019;29:120–53. https://doi .org /10 .1016 /j .plrev.2018 .12 .001 [in this issue]. [2] Borghi A, Binkofski F, Castelfranchi C, Cimatti F, Scorolli C, Tummolini L. The… Click to show full abstract

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Keywords: abstract concepts; physics; sign; sign language; linguistics; language

Journal Title: Physics of life reviews
Year Published: 2019

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