Is it culture or is it language? Examination of language effects in cross-cultural research on categorization
Is it culture or is it language? Examination of language effects in cross-cultural research on categorization
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.87.1.57
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发表时间：
2004-07-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Nisbett, RE
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作者：
Ji, LJ;Zhang, ZY;Nisbett, RE
即使在控制测试语言的情况下，中国人和欧洲人的推理风格也存在差异。无论是用英语还是汉语进行测试，双语中国人都比欧美人更倾向于以关系的方式组织对象，而不是以类别的方式。因此，文化影响独立于测试语言的分类。然而，语言影响了一些中国双语者的分类。中国大陆和台湾的中国人在中文测试中的反应比在英文测试中的反应更具有关系性。当用中文和英文进行测试时，来自香港和新加坡的中国人的反应同样具有关系性。年龄和学习英语的语境的讨论，以解释不同的中国群体之间的差异语言效果。理论和方法的影响进行了讨论。
Differences in reasoning styles between Chinese and European Americans held even when controlling for the language of testing. Bilingual Chinese organized objects in a more relational and less categorical way than European Americans, whether tested in English or in Chinese. Thus, culture affects categorization independent of the testing language. Nevertheless, language affected some Chinese bilinguals' categorization. The responses of Chinese from the Mainland and Taiwan were more relational when tested in Chinese than when tested in English. Responses of Chinese from Hong Kong and Singapore were equally relational when tested in Chinese and in English. Age and context of learning English are discussed to explain the differential language effects among different Chinese groups. Theoretical and methodological implications are discussed.