Influence of language-specific input on spatial cognition: Categories of containment

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Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-232

  Choi, Soonja ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development of spatial categories; Language and cognition; Linguistic input and categorization; Spatial categorization; Spatial terms

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EID: 34347216794     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723706060748     Document Type: Article

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