Linguistic relativism and colour cognition

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-455

  Pilling, Michael ^a,b   Davies, Ian R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REVIEW;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE;

EID: 9944246992     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/0007126042369820     Document Type: Review

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