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Exploring telicity and transitivity in primordial thought language and body boundary imagery. / Cariola, Laura A.
In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Vol. 43, No. 6, 12.2014, p. 683-697.

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Cariola LA. Exploring telicity and transitivity in primordial thought language and body boundary imagery. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 2014 Dec;43(6):683-697. Epub 2013 Oct 24. doi: 10.1007/s10936-013-9272-4

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Cariola, Laura A. / Exploring telicity and transitivity in primordial thought language and body boundary imagery. In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 2014 ; Vol. 43, No. 6. pp. 683-697.

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