Differential Sensitivity to the Gender of a Person by English and Chinese Speakers

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Chen, Jenn Yeu ^a   Su, Jui Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological gender; Chinese; English; Linguistic relativity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955601029     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-010-9164-9     Document Type: Article

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