A cross-cultural linguistic analysis of freudian symbols

Cross-Cultural Studies Published In Pages: 299-306
By Minturn, Leigh

Hypothesis

"In languages with a sex-linked grammatical gender, nouns representing objects that are either male or female symbols, but not both, will tend to have the gender of the sex they symbolize" (300)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Chi squarePartially supportedp<.10UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Gender Of Noun-symbolUNKNOWNSemantics
LanguageUNKNOWNSemantics