Psycholinguistics
in a cross-cultural context
B.M. Young |
Two
themes are stated and explored. One is the reliance of current theories
concerned with universal properties of psychological organization
of language on data drawn from English and the consequent need to
carry out psycholinguistic research in languages other than English.
The second is an expansion of Campbell's dictum on the necessity
of specifying similarities between cultures as well as differences;
this is extended beyond the area of cross-cultural studies in perception
into cross-cultural psycholinguistic research and cross-cultural
cognitive assessment in general.
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