Re-evaluating evidence for linguistic relativity: reply to Boroditsky (2001). January, D. & Kako, E. Cognition, 104(2):417-26, 2007.
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Six unsuccessful attempts at replicating a key finding in the linguistic relativity literature [Boroditsky, L. (2001). Does language shape thought?: Mandarin and English speakers' conceptions of time. Cognitive Psychology, 43, 1-22] are reported. In addition to these empirical issues in replicating the original finding, theoretical issues present in the original report are discussed. In sum, we conclude that Boroditsky (2001) provides no support for the Whorfian hypothesis.
@Article{January2007,
  author   = {David January and Edward Kako},
  journal  = {Cognition},
  title    = {Re-evaluating evidence for linguistic relativity: reply to {B}oroditsky (2001).},
  year     = {2007},
  number   = {2},
  pages    = {417-26},
  volume   = {104},
  abstract = {Six unsuccessful attempts at replicating a key finding in the linguistic
	relativity literature [Boroditsky, L. (2001). Does language shape
	thought?: Mandarin and English speakers' conceptions of time. Cognitive
	Psychology, 43, 1-22] are reported. In addition to these empirical
	issues in replicating the original finding, theoretical issues present
	in the original report are discussed. In sum, we conclude that Boroditsky
	(2001) provides no support for the Whorfian hypothesis.},
  doi      = {10.1016/j.cognition.2006.07.008},
  keywords = {Cognition, Humans, Language, Linguistics, Thinking, Time Perception, 16914131},
}

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