Universal Constraints on Linguistic Event Categories: A Cross-Cultural Study of Child Homesign
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DOI: 10.1177/09567976221140328
Abstract: Languages carve up conceptual space in varying ways—for example, English uses the verb cut both for cutting with a knife and for cutting with scissors, but other languages use distinct verbs for these events. We… read more here.
Keywords: constraints linguistic; language; linguistic event; universal constraints ... See more keywords