Who says “larger” and who says “smaller”? Individual differences in the language of comparison
When comparing a pair of attribute values, English speakers can use a “larger” comparative (“A is larger/longer/higher/more than B”) or a “smaller” comparative (“B is smaller/shorter/lower/less than A”). This choice matters because it affects people’s inferences about the absolute magnitudes of the...
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Cambridge University Press
2018-11-01
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丛编: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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在线阅读: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500006586/type/journal_article |