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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2014, Volume: 14, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 199-212 |
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Folkbiology
concepts
conceptual organization
cross-cultural
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