Language Defies Logic? Naming Practices Trump Logical Consistency for Indonesian Adults

In English, ‘animal’ applies to humans and non-human animals, but in Indonesian, the word (‘hewan’) does not apply to humans. Previous research has shown that English-speaking children were more likely than Indonesian-speaking children to agree that mammals are animals (age 6) and humans are mammals...

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Main Author: Anggoro, Florencia K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2014, Volume: 14, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 199-212
Further subjects:B Folkbiology concepts conceptual organization cross-cultural
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