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Speed - Etal - 2020 - Classfier Categories Reflect But Do Not Affect Conceptual Organization by kangxiaoxuan106 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The study investigates whether numeral classifiers in language influence conceptual organization of objects. It compares Mandarin speakers, who use classifiers, with Dutch speakers, who do not, and finds that both groups rate object similarity based on shared classifiers similarly, suggesting that classifiers reflect rather than shape conceptual structures. The results indicate that linguistic features may activate conceptual similarities but do not fundamentally alter the underlying conceptual organization
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