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Mutsumi Imai

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Publications

45

Citations

4.6K

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31

Active since

1989

Affiliations

Keio University Shonan Fujisawa(Current)

Keio University

Tamagawa University

University of Birmingham

The University of Tokyo

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

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 · 580 citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Language Acquisition +16

Sound symbolism facilitates early verb learning

Mutsumi Imai, Sotaro Kita, Miho Nagumo et al. · Cognition · 2008 · 507 citations

Language Studies, Early Childhood Education, Linguistics +13

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

Dedre Gentner, Mutsumi Imai, Lera Boroditsky · Language and Cognitive Processes · 2002 · 447 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +16

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

Mutsumi Imai, Dedre Gentner, Nobuko Uchida · Cognitive Development · 1994 · 291 citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Psychology +16

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

Katerina Kantartzis, Mutsumi Imai, Sotaro Kita · Cognitive Science · 2011 · 239 citations · Full text

Language Studies, Linguistics, Child Development +9

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