Explorations in linguistic typology, discourse, and cognition: What makes manner of motion salient?

Slobin, Dan I.

doi:10.1075/tsl.66.05slo

In:Space in Languages: Linguistic Systems and Cognitive Categories
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[Typological Studies in Language 66] 2006
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What makes manner of motion salient?

Explorations in linguistic typology, discourse, and cognition

Dan I. Slobin | University of California, Berkeley

Published online: 16 May 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.66.05slo

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