Author: Diesendruck G.

Source: Language and Cognitive Processes, Volume 18, Numbers 5-6, Numbers 5-6/October-December 2003 , pp. 759-787(29)

Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Various claims have been made in the developmental literature about the relationship between language and categorisation in children. Drawing on the notion of the domain-specificity of cognition, the paper reviews evidence on the effect of language in the classification of and reasoning about categories from different domains. The review looks at the anthropological, infant classification, and preschool categorisation literature. Overall, the analyses suggest that the causal nature and inductive power of animal categories seem to be the least influenced by linguistic and cultural factors, of artifact categories the most, and of human categories somewhere in between these other two kinds. Some gaps on the evidence reviewed are noted and possible theoretical accounts of the emerging pattern are discussed.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01690960344000116

Affiliations: 1: Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Publication date: 2003-10-01

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