Culture and first-person pronouns

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1492-1499

  Na, Jinkyung ^a   Choi, Incheol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Language; Priming; Pronouns; Self concept

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; KOREA; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KOREA; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350741642     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209343810     Document Type: Article

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