The multi-modal representation of motion events in Awetí discourse

Recent research focusing on the insights gestures may offer into the mental conceptualization of motion events suggests that a number of factors may influence the way motion events are gestured in different languages. This study aims at showing how in Awetí oral discourse other than purely linguisti...

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Main Author: Sabine Reiter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive 2015-05-01
Series:CogniTextes
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/765