How Linguistic and Cultural Forces Shape Conceptions of Time: English and Mandarin Time in 3D

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Cognitive Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-09-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Linguistics, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01193.xPMID 21884222
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