Warm or slightly hot? Differences in linguistic dimensions describing perceived thermal sensation

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Lee, Joo Young ^a   Tochihara, Yutaka ^a   Wakabayashi, Hitoshi ^a   Stone, Eric A ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot; International standards; Linguistic difference; Thermal sensation; Warm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEAT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 60749100633     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.28.37     Document Type: Article

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