Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages

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Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages. / Lewandowski, Wojciech.

In: Review of Cognitive Linguistics, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2016, p. 185–208.

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Lewandowski, W 2016, 'Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages', Review of Cognitive Linguistics, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 185–208. https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.14.1.08lew

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Lewandowski, W. (2016). Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages. Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 14(1), 185–208. https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.14.1.08lew

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Lewandowski W. Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages. Review of Cognitive Linguistics. 2016;14(1):185–208. https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.14.1.08lew

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Lewandowski, Wojciech. / Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages. In: Review of Cognitive Linguistics. 2016 ; Vol. 14, No. 1. pp. 185–208.

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