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Do Chinese and English Speakers Think about Time Differently? Failure of Replicating Boroditsky (2001)
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Chen, Jenn-Yeu – Cognition, 2007
English uses the horizontal spatial metaphors to express time (e.g., the good days ahead of us). Chinese also uses the vertical metaphors (e.g., "the month above" to mean last month). Do Chinese speakers, then, think about time in a different way than English speakers? Boroditsky [Boroditsky, L. (2001). "Does language shape thought? Mandarin and…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Cognitive Psychology, Time Perspective, English