Language and perceptual categorisation.
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In a pioneering set of experiments, Rosch investigated the colour processing of a remote traditional culture. It was concluded that colours form universally natural and salient categories. However, our own cross-cultural research, backed up by neuropsychological data and interference studies, indicates that perceptual categories are derived from the words in the speaker's language. The new data support a rather strong version of the Whorfian view that perceptual categories are organized by the linguistic systems of our mind.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Trends in cognitive sciences
دوره 5 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001