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A perceptual learning approach to the Whorfian hypothesis: supervised classification of motion

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A perceptual learning approach to the Whorfian hypothesis: supervised classification of motion. / Athanasopoulos, Panos; Albright, Daniel.
In: Language Learning, Vol. 66, No. 3, 09.2016, p. 666-689.

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Athanasopoulos P, Albright D. A perceptual learning approach to the Whorfian hypothesis: supervised classification of motion. Language Learning. 2016 Sept;66(3):666-689. Epub 2016 Jun 19. doi: 10.1111/lang.12180

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Athanasopoulos, Panos ; Albright, Daniel. / A perceptual learning approach to the Whorfian hypothesis : supervised classification of motion. In: Language Learning. 2016 ; Vol. 66, No. 3. pp. 666-689.

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