Generational differences in the orientation of time in Cantonese speakers as a function of changes in the direction of Chinese writing

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  de Sousa, Hilário ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Cantonese; Chinese script; Script direction; Time, space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867121676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00255     Document Type: Article

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