How representations of language and concepts arise and interact in human development and across cultures. Specific interests include flexible and pragmatic uses of language (e.g., polysemy, metaphor, implicature), the representation of abstract concepts (e.g., time, number), linguistic relativity, and social cognitive development in different cultural contexts. - See more at: http://psychology.berkeley.edu/people/mahesh-srinivasan#sthash.yw3fsnI9.dpuf