This study was an investigation of the relationship between linguistic coding and cognitive style. Group tests and individual interviews were administered to 96 adolescents, aged between 15 and 16 yr., to obtain measures in the linguistic and cognitive domains. Interdomain relationships were explored using principal component analysis and canonical correlation. The pattern of relationships between the two domains suggested a ‘specificity’ dimension as being the critical link.
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