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Metadata
- Authors
- Rosch, E.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rosch, Eleanor
- Venue
- Readings in Cognitive Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 312-322
- OpenAlex
- W952881364
- Cited by
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- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 21.07
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Elsevier eBooks (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cognitive and psychological constructs research
- Keywords
- categorization, classification, classification principles
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