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elm-5823	Barbosa, Jennifer; Pinzón-Henao, Paola; Pasquella , Angelina ; Muentener, Paul; Lakusta, Laura	Mechanistic Support Language in Colombian Spanish-speakers	2025	11	.pdf	application/pdf	5362	259	52	These findings shed light on the development of Mechanical Support language in Spanish-speaking children, the influence of context—specifically, visibility of mechanism—on language, as well as the lexicalization patterns for encoding physical support in Spanish more generally. Of note, in English, lexical verbs that encode the mechanism (often denominals) are common in Mechanical Support language (e.g., tape, pin, clip) yet less is known about whether they are used in Spanish.	cache/elm-5823.pdf	txt/elm-5823.txt