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WEIRD languages have misled us, too

Authors :
Majid, Asifa
Levinson, Stephen C.
Source :
Behavioral and Brain Sciences. April-June, 2010, Vol. 33 Issue 2-3, p103, 1 p.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The linguistic and cognitive sciences have severely underestimated the degree of linguistic diversity in the world. Part of the reason for this is that we have projected assumptions based on English and familiar languages onto the rest. We focus on some distortions this has introduced, especially in the study of semantics. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1000018X

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0140525X
Volume :
33
Issue :
2-3
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.232382599