Preschool Children'S Verbal Image Of The World: A Cross-Cultural Russian-Hungarian Comparison Based On Word Associations

This psycholinguistic-pedagogical interdisciplinary research investigates 4- to 5-year-old Russian and Hungarian preschool children's linguistic image of the world. Applying the word association method, kindergarteners (N=100 in both countries) were asked to freely associate from 10 word-stimuli, then the results were contrasted. The research shed light on a similar perception of a family; of a friend; on the effects of globalization (Lego, Trudi, tablet); and on lacunas (devil and angel).