Linguistic relativity and spatial concept development in Nepal

Psychology and Developing Societies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-124

  Dasen, Pierre R ^a   Mishra, Ramesh C ^b   Niraula, Shanta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

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EID: 34247103017     PISSN: 09713336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097133360401600202     Document Type: Article

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