The Linguistic Relativity of Person Cognition: An English-Chinese Comparison

• Main Authors: HOFFMAN, Curt, LAU, Ivy Yee-Man, JOHNSON, David R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1986
• Subjects: English vs Chinese language descriptions of target character's personality schemes with economical labels; impressions and memory; English monolingual vs Chinese-English bilingual college student who read and responded in English vs Chinese; Cognition and Perception; Multicultural Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/249; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1248/viewcontent/Linguistic_relativity_of_person_cognition_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Examined the possibility that distinct languages are capable of exerting language-specific effects on people's impressions of and memory for other individuals. Parallel English- and Chinese-language descriptions were created of 2 characters exemplifying personality schemas with economical label...