Development Of Geocentric Spatial Language And Cognition

Author : Pierre R. Dasen,Ramesh C. Mishra
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781139488006

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Development of Geocentric Spatial Language and Cognition by Pierre R. Dasen,Ramesh C. Mishra Pdf

Egocentric spatial language uses coordinates in relation to our body to talk about small-scale space ('put the knife on the right of the plate and the fork on the left'), while geocentric spatial language uses geographic coordinates ('put the knife to the east, and the fork to the west'). How do children learn to use geocentric language? And why do geocentric spatial references sound strange in English when they are standard practice in other languages? This book studies child development in Bali, India, Nepal, and Switzerland and explores how children learn to use a geocentric frame both when speaking and performing non-verbal cognitive tasks (such as remembering locations and directions). The authors examine how these skills develop with age, look at the socio-cultural contexts in which the learning takes place, and explore the ecological, cultural, social, and linguistic conditions that favor the use of a geocentric frame of reference.

Author : Robert Cohen
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134926732

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The Development of Spatial Cognition by Robert Cohen Pdf

First published in 1985. The present book represents a statement of the state of the art in a very important aspect of spatial cognition, its development.

Author : Farzad Sharifian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317743187

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The Routledge Handbook of Language and Culture by Farzad Sharifian Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Culture presents the first comprehensive survey of research on the relationship between language and culture. It provides readers with a clear and accessible introduction to both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies of language and culture, and addresses key issues of language and culturally based linguistic research from a variety of perspectives and theoretical frameworks. This Handbook features thirty-three newly commissioned chapters which cover key areas such as cognitive psychology, cognitive linguistics, cognitive anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and sociolinguistics offer insights into the historical development, contemporary theory, research, and practice of each topic, and explore the potential future directions of the field show readers how language and culture research can be of practical benefit to applied areas of research and practice, such as intercultural communication and second language teaching and learning. Written by a group of prominent scholars from around the globe, The Routledge Handbook of Language and Culture provides a vital resource for scholars and students working in this area.

Author : Michel Aurnague,Maya Hickmann,Laure Vieu
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292674

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The Categorization of Spatial Entities in Language and Cognition by Michel Aurnague,Maya Hickmann,Laure Vieu Pdf

Despite a growing interest for space in language, most research has focused on spatial markers specifying the static or dynamic relationships among entities (verbs, prepositions, postpositions, case markings...). Little attention has been paid to the very properties of spatial entities, their status in linguistic descriptions, and their implications for spatial cognition and its development in children. This topic is at the center of this book, that opens a new field by sketching some major theoretical and methodological directions for future research on spatial entities. Brought together linguistic descriptions of spatial systems, formal accounts of linguistic data, and experimental findings from psycholinguistic studies, all couched within a wide cross-linguistic perspective. Such an interdisciplinary approach provides a rich overview of the many questions that remain unanswered in relation to spatial entities, while also throwing a new light on previous research focusing on related topics concerning space and/or the relation between language and cognition.

Author : Kelly S. Mix,Linda B. Smith,Michael Gasser
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191609565

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The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition by Kelly S. Mix,Linda B. Smith,Michael Gasser Pdf

This book presents recent research on the role of space as a mechanism in language use and learning. It proceeds from the notion that cognition in real time, developmental time, and over evolutionary time occurs in space, and that the physical properties of space may provide insights into basic cognitive processes, including memory, attention, action, and perception. It looks at how physical space and landmarks are used in cognitive representations and serve as the basis of human cognition in a range of core mechanisms to index memories and ground meanings that are not themselves explicitly about space. The editors have brought together experimental psychologists, computer scientists, robotocists, linguists, and researchers in child language in order to consider the nature and applications of this research and in particular its implications for understanding the processes involved in language acquisition.

Author : Enoch O. Aboh,Cécile B. Vigouroux
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259042

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Variation Rolls the Dice by Enoch O. Aboh,Cécile B. Vigouroux Pdf

Variation Rolls the Dice: A worldwide collage in honour of Salikoko S. Mufwene aims to celebrate Mufwene’s ground-breaking contribution to linguistics in the past four decades. The title also encapsulates his approach to language as both systemic and socio-cultural practices, and the role of variation in determining particular evolutionary trajectories in specific linguistic ecologies. The book therefore focuses on variation within and across languages, within and across speakers, and how this fundamental aspect of human behavior can affect language structure in time and space. Mufwene has been instrumental in putting creole languages on the map of General Linguistics and connecting their analysis to issues of language acquisition, multilingualism, language contact, language evolution, and language typology. Thanks to the diversity of topics and the wide-ranging theoretical persuasions of the contributors, this volume aims at a large readership including both scholars and advanced students interested in cutting-edge research in the aforementioned domains.

Author : Paolo Fogliaroni,Andrea Ballatore,Eliseo Clementini
Publisher : Springer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319639468

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Proceedings of Workshops and Posters at the 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017) by Paolo Fogliaroni,Andrea Ballatore,Eliseo Clementini Pdf

This book presents the proceedings of Workshops and Posters at the 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017), which is concerned with all aspects of space and spatial environments as experienced, represented and elaborated by humans, other animals and artificial agents. Complementing the main conference proceedings, workshop papers and posters investigate specialized research questions or challenges in spatial information theory and closely related topics, including advances in the conceptualization of specific spatio-temporal domains and diverse applications of spatial and temporal information.

Author : Eirini Mavritsaki,Panagiotis Rentzelas,Karina J. Linnell,Moritz Köster
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889713660

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Untangling Cultural Influences on Human Cognition: Integrating Evidence across Cultural Contexts and Methodological Approaches by Eirini Mavritsaki,Panagiotis Rentzelas,Karina J. Linnell,Moritz Köster Pdf

Author : Michel Denis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351596176

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Space and Spatial Cognition by Michel Denis Pdf

All living creatures inscribe their activity in space. Human beings acquire knowledge of this space by traversing it, listening to verbal descriptions, and looking at maps, atlases, and digital media. We memorize routes, compare distances mentally, and retrieve our starting place after a long journey. Space and Spatial Cognition provides an up-to-date introduction to the elements of human navigation and the mental representation of our environment. This book explores the mental capacities which enable us to create shortcuts, imagine new pathways, and thus demonstrate our adaptation to the environment. Using a multidisciplinary approach which draws on psychology, neuroscience, geography, architecture and the visual arts, the author presents answers to a number of questions. Which mental capacities do people mobilize when confronted with space? Which brain functions do they implement? How do digital technologies extend these capacities? By presenting space at the crossroads of a number of disciplines, this volume reveals how each of them enhances our understanding of human behaviour in space. Space and Spatial Cognition provides a unique insight into all facets of spatial cognition, including spatial behaviour, language, and future technologies. It will be the ideal companion for all students and researchers in the field.

Author : Jodie M. Plumert,John P. Spencer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0195345940

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The Emerging Spatial Mind by Jodie M. Plumert,John P. Spencer Pdf

How does the spatial mind develop? In this book, Jodie Plumert and John Spencer bring together the leading researchers from the field of spatial cognitive development to examine how the spatial mind emerges from its humble origins in infancy and becomes its mature, flexible, and skilled adult form. The work presented sheds light on how the emerging spatial mind is fostered and shaped over time by our experiences of thinking about and interacting in the space around us. Each chapter presents cutting-edge research and theory that addresses the two pivotal questions of what changes in the spatial mind, and how these changes come about. The authors provide both conceptual and formal theoretical accounts of developmental process at multiple levels of analysis--genes, neurons, behaviors, social interactions--creating a contemporary overview of the general mechanisms of cognitive change. Commentary chapters show how the developmental advances discussed in these accounts fit into our understanding of not only spatial cognitive development, but also spatial cognition more generally.

Author : Kelly S. Mix,Linda B. Smith,Michael Gasser
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199553242

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The Spatial Foundations of Cognition and Language by Kelly S. Mix,Linda B. Smith,Michael Gasser Pdf

This book presents recent research on the role of space as a mechanism in language use and learning. Experimental psychologists, computer scientists, robotocists, linguists, and researchers in child language consider the nature and applications of this research and its implications for understanding the processes involved in language acquisition.

Author : Giovanni Bennardo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351127882

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Cultural Models of Nature by Giovanni Bennardo Pdf

Drawing on the ethnographic experience of the contributors, this volume explores the Cultural Models of Nature found in a range of food-producing communities located in climate-change affected areas. These Cultural Models represent specific organizations of the etic categories underlying the concept of Nature (i.e. plants, animals, the physical environment, the weather, humans, and the supernatural). The adoption of a common methodology across the research projects allows the drawing of meaningful cross-cultural comparisons between these communities. The research will be of interest to scholars and policymakers actively involved in research and solution-providing in the climate change arena.

Author : Thora Tenbrink,Jan M. Wiener,Christophe Claramunt
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191669514

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Representing Space in Cognition by Thora Tenbrink,Jan M. Wiener,Christophe Claramunt Pdf

This book considers how people talk about their environment, find their way in new surroundings, and plan routes. Part I explores the empirical insights gained from research in the cognitive underpinnings of spatial representation in language. Part II proposes solutions for capturing such insights formally, and in Part III authors discuss how theory is put into practice through spatial assistance systems. These three perspectives stem from research disciplines which deal with the spatial domain in different ways, and which often remain separate. In this book they are combined so as to highlight both the state of the art in the field and the benefit of building bridges between methodologies and disciplines. Finding our way and planning routes is relevant to us all; this book ultimately helps improve our everyday lives.

Author : Stephen C. Levinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521011965

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Space in Language and Cognition by Stephen C. Levinson Pdf

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Author : Heather Winskel,Prakash Padakannaya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107512078

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South and Southeast Asian Psycholinguistics by Heather Winskel,Prakash Padakannaya Pdf

A large body of knowledge has accumulated in recent years on the cognitive processes underlying language, much of which comes from studies of Indo-European languages, in particular English. This groundbreaking volume explores the languages of South and Southeast Asia, which differ significantly from Indo-European languages in their grammar, lexicon and spoken forms. This book raises new questions in psycholinguistics and enables readers to re-evaluate previous models in light of new research. With thirty-six chapters divided into three parts - Language Acquisition, Language Processing and Language and Brain - it examines contemporary topics alongside new findings in areas such as first and second language acquisition, the development of literacy, the diagnosis of language and reading disorders, and the relationship between language, brain, culture and cognition. It will be invaluable to all those interested in the languages of South and Southeast Asia, as well as psychologists, linguists, educationalists, speech therapists and neuroscientists.