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In:Neglected Aspects of Motion-Event Description: Deixis, asymmetries, constructions
Edited by Laure Sarda and Benjamin Fagard
[Human Cognitive Processing 72] 2022
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Chapter 1
Introduction: The description of motion events

On deixis, asymmetries and constructions

ORCiD logo with link | Lattice, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) | École Normale Supérieure – PSL | Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
ORCiD logo with link | Lattice, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) | École Normale Supérieure – PSL | Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
Published online: 7 July 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.72.01sar
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Motion and deixis
  • 3.Motion and asymmetries
  • 4.Motion and constructions
  • Notes
  • References
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