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Multidimensional Semantics for Concrete and Abstract Concepts
Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, FrancePenny M. Pexman Western University, Canada Multiple representation theories posit that concepts are represented via a combination of properties derived from sensorimotor, affective, linguistic, and other experiences. One advantage of this approach is that it helps address the challenge of abstract meanings, like wisdom and friendship, which are central to our mental and social […]
Adaptation to a bilingual input and variability in early language acquisition
B011 LPL 5 avenue Pasteur, Aix-en-Provence, FranceProf. Laura Bosch from Barcelona University Abstract: Infants and children growing up in bilingual/multilingual environments should no longer be considered as exceptions to the norm, even for those living in monolingual societies. But bilingualism is a broad construct, covering a diversity of dual language exposure contexts, modulated by differential properties of socio-educational environments and […]