When days are numbered: Calendar structure and the development of calendar processing in English and Chinese

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	When days are numbered: Calendar structure and the development of calendar processing in English and Chinese
	Kelly, MK ; Miller, KF ; Fang, G ; Feng, G ; K. F. Miller
摘要	Unlike English, Chinese uses a numerical system for naming months and days. This study explored whether this difference in naming affects the development of simple calendar calculation. Eight- and 10-year-old children as well as undergraduates in China and the United States were asked to name the day or month that comes a specified rime before or after a given day or month. In each age group Chinese speakers primarily used calculation based on calendar names to solve these tasks, while English speakers primarily resorted to reciting the names. The magnitude of these differences was substantial; on difficult tasks Chinese fourth graders performed at speeds comparable to those of English speaking adults. Implications for models of how linguistic structure affects cognition are discussed.; Unlike English, Chinese uses a numerical system for naming months and days. This study explored whether this difference in naming affects the development of simple calendar calculation. Eight- and 10-year-old children as well as undergraduates in China and the United States were asked to name the day or month that comes a specified rime before or after a given day or month. In each age group Chinese speakers primarily used calculation based on calendar names to solve these tasks, while English speakers primarily resorted to reciting the names. The magnitude of these differences was substantial; on difficult tasks Chinese fourth graders performed at speeds comparable to those of English speaking adults. Implications for models of how linguistic structure affects cognition are discussed. (C) 1999 Academic Press.
关键词	symbolic development cross-cultural research language and cognition calendar processing
学科领域	文化心理学
	1999-08-01
语种	英语
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN	0022-0965
卷号	73 期号:4 页码:289-314
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000081506400003
引用统计	被引频次：18[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5835
专题	中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010)
通讯作者	K. F. Miller
作者单位	1.Univ Illinois, Dept Psychol, Champaign, IL 61820 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 61820, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kelly, MK,Miller, KF,Fang, G,et al. When days are numbered: Calendar structure and the development of calendar processing in English and Chinese[J]. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY,1999,73(4):289-314.
APA	Kelly, MK,Miller, KF,Fang, G,Feng, G,&K. F. Miller.(1999).When days are numbered: Calendar structure and the development of calendar processing in English and Chinese.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY,73(4),289-314.
MLA	Kelly, MK,et al."When days are numbered: Calendar structure and the development of calendar processing in English and Chinese".JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 73.4(1999):289-314.

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