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| We argue that it is important to distinguish between categorization as object recognition and as naming because the relation between the two may not be as straightforward as has often been assumed. We present data from speakers of English, Chinese, and Spanish that support this contention. Speakers of the three languages show substantially different patterns of naming for a set of 60 common containers, but they see the similarities among the objects in much the same way. The observed patterns of naming therefore cannot arise only from the similarities that speakers of the three languages see among the objects. We also offer suggestions about how complexity in naming may arise, and the data provide some evidence consistent with these suggestions. Exploring how artifacts are named vs “known ” may provide new insights into artifact categorization. © 1999 Academic Press What does it mean to categorize? In the real world, at least two different acts are appropri- | |||||||||||||||
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