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Direct linkMarghetis, Tyler; McComsey, Melanie; Cooperrider, Kensy – Cognitive Science, 2020
Speakers of many languages prefer allocentric frames of reference (FoRs) when talking about small-scale space, using words like "east" or "downhill." Ethnographic work has suggested that this preference is also reflected in how such speakers gesture. Here, we investigate this possibility with a field experiment in Juchitán,…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Nonverbal Communication, Bilingualism, Native Language
