How bilinguals refer to Mandarin throwing actions in English

In the present study, we tested how Mandarin-English bilinguals choose English words to refer to prototypical Mandarin throwing actions. Languages differ in how they refer to events. In Mandarin and English, words for throwing actions differ notably on a variety of dimensions so there are few perfec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicoladis, Elena, Gao, Helena Hong
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162656