Presentation 1998/5/22
The origin of ontological distinction between objects and substances
Mutsumi Imai,
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Abstract(in English) Objects and substances are of funcamentally different ontological kinds. This paper concerns how children come to know this ontological distinction, and whether and how language-specific grammatical categorization affects people's construal of a given entity as individuated or non-individuated.
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Keyword(in English) onotological knowledge / concept acquisition / linguistic relativity / innate knowledge / identity
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Title (in English) The origin of ontological distinction between objects and substances
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Keyword(1) onotological knowledge
Keyword(2) concept acquisition
Keyword(3) linguistic relativity
Keyword(4) innate knowledge
Keyword(5) identity
1st Author's Name Mutsumi Imai
1st Author's Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University()
Date 1998/5/22
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Volume (vol) vol.98
Number (no) 72
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 8
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