Chinese and English speakers' linguistic expression of probability and probabilistic thinking

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-421

  Lau, Lai Yin ^b   Ranyard, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033440318     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022199030004002     Document Type: Article

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