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Introduction published In: Applying Embodied Cognition and Cognitive Linguistics to language teaching:
Edited by Paolo Della Putta and Ferran Suñer
[Review of Cognitive Linguistics 21:1] 2023
► pp. 1–8

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Special issue articles

Using the body to activate the brain

Research trends and issues

 | University of Turin
 | Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)


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Published online: 31 January 2023
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  • Embodied cognition and educational research
  • Where Cognitive Linguistics meets Embodied Cognition
  • The present special section
  • References
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