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Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English

2016 doctoral thesis by Keyi Sun at University of Canterbury
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Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English

Summary

Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English is a doctoral thesis[1].

Key Facts

  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English authored the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — author (P50): Keyi Sun[2].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's instance of is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — instance of (P31): doctoral thesis[3].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's publisher is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — publisher (P123): UC Research Repository[4].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's DOI is recorded as 10.26021/4306[5].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's language of work or name is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — language of work or name (P407): English[6].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's country of origin is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — country of origin (P495): New Zealand[7].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's publication date is recorded as +2016-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's main subject is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — main subject (P921): linguistics[9].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's work available at URL is recorded as https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/13163[10].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's Handle ID is recorded as 10092/13163[11].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's title is recorded as Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English[12].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's copyright holder is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — copyright holder (P3931): Keyi Sun[13].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's thesis submitted to is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — thesis submitted to (P4101): University of Canterbury[14].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): NZThesisProject[15].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's copyright status is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — copyright status (P6216): copyrighted[16].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's online access status is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — online access status (P6954): open access[17].
  • Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's thesis committee member is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — thesis committee member (P9161): Jennifer Hay[18].

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Pointing, swaying, and walking towards tomorrow : the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English's instance of is recorded as the link between spatial metaphor and body movements in Mandarin and English — instance of (P31): doctoral thesis[3].

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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