Typological perspectives: The semantic structure of motion verbs in French

Kopecka, Anetta

doi:10.1075/tsl.66.06kop

In:Space in Languages: Linguistic Systems and Cognitive Categories
Edited by Maya Hickmann † and Stéphane Robert
[Typological Studies in Language 66] 2006
► pp. 83–101

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The semantic structure of motion verbs in French

Typological perspectives

Anetta Kopecka | Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen

Published online: 16 May 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.66.06kop

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