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Mutsumi Imai

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Publications

45

Citations

4.6K

H-Index

30

Active since

1989

Affiliations

Keio University(Current)

Keio University Shonan Fujisawa

Tamagawa University

University of Birmingham

The University of Tokyo

Mutsumi Imai is an author at Keio University specializing in linguistics, language studies, and language acquisition.

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LanguageLinguisticsLanguage AcquisitionCognitive SciencePsycholinguisticsLanguage LearningCognitive LinguisticsSocial SciencesCognitionChild Language

Publications per year

1989–2021

45

Publications

45

A cross-linguistic study of early word meaning: universal ontology and linguistic influence

Mutsumi Imai, Dedre Gentner · Cognition · 1997 · 575 citations

Philosophy Of Language, Lexicon, Distributional Semantics +9

Sound symbolism facilitates early verb learning

Mutsumi Imai, Sotaro Kita, Miho Nagumo et al. · Cognition · 2008 · 495 citations

Cognitive Linguistics, Language Learning, Neurolinguistics +7

As time goes by: Evidence for two systems in processing space → time metaphors

Dedre Gentner, Mutsumi Imai, Lera Boroditsky · Language and Cognitive Processes · 2002 · 440 citations

Neurolinguistics, Time Perception, Cognition +19

Children's theories of word meaning: The role of shape similarity in early acquisition

Mutsumi Imai, Dedre Gentner, Nobuko Uchida · Cognitive Development · 1994 · 290 citations

Psycholinguistics, Lexical Semantics, Social Sciences +16

Japanese Sound‐Symbolism Facilitates Word Learning in English‐Speaking Children

Katerina Kantartzis, Mutsumi Imai, Sotaro Kita · Cognitive Science · 2011 · 237 citations · Full text

Second Language Learning, Japanese Sound‐symbolic Lexicon, Language Development +18

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