When language affects cognition and when it does not: An analysis of grammatical gender and classification

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 377-397

  Sera, Maria D ^b   Elieff, Chryle ^c   Burch, Melissa Clark ^c   Forbes, James ^c   Rodríguez, Wanda ^c   Dubois, Diane Poulin ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85047670202     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.131.3.377     Document Type: Article

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