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Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Language, culture, and cognitionEdited by Luna Filipović and Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt
[Human Cognitive Processing 37] 2012
► pp. 269–282
12. Language-specific effects on lexicalisation and memory of motion events
Luna Filipović | University of East Anglia
Sharon Geva | University College London
We studied language as a factor in the construal of dynamic spatial relations, and addressed the question of whether different languages can have different effects on memory of motion events. In the “motion condition”, speakers had to describe what the person did in each video, while in the “colour condition”, speakers had to describe only the colours they noticed in the clips. English speakers showed better recognition of the motion event when asked to describe them directly (compared with the colour condition), and Spanish speakers performed equally on both conditions, with their performance being similar to the English speaker’s performance on the colour condition. We discuss the implications of these results for language processing and for memory of events.
Keywords: colour, language effect, manner of motion, recognition memory
Published online: 24 July 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.37.18fil
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.37.18fil
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