Forests: the cross-linguistic perspective
Do all humans perceive, think, and talk about tree cover (<q>forests</q>) in more or less the same way? International forestry programs frequently seem to operate on the assumption that they do. However, recent advances in the language sciences show that languages vary greatly as to h...
Main Authors: | N. Burenhult, C. Hill, J. Huber, S. van Putten, K. Rybka, L. San Roque |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-12-01
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Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
Online Access: | https://www.geogr-helv.net/72/455/2017/gh-72-455-2017.pdf |
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