Language Cognition And Space

Author : Vyvyan Evans,Paul Anthony Chilton
Publisher : Equinox
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 184553252X

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Spatial perception and cognition is fundamental to human abilities to navigate through space, identify and locate objects, and track entities in motion. Moreover, research findings in the last couple of decades reveal that many of the mechanisms humans employ to achieve this are largely innate, providing abilities to store cognitive maps for locating themselves and others, locations, directions and routes. In this, humans are like many other species. However, unlike other species, humans can employ language in order to represent space. The human linguistic ability combined with the human ability for spatial representation apparently results in rich, creative and sometimes surprising extensions of representations for three-dimensional physical space. The present volume brings together over 20 articles from leading scholars who investigate the relationship between spatial cognition and spatial language. The volume is fully representative of the state of the art in terms of language and space research, and points to new directions in terms of findings, theory, and practice.

Author : Vyvyan Evans,Paul Anthony Chilton
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cognitive grammar
ISBN : 184553252X

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Language, Cognition and Space by Vyvyan Evans,Paul Anthony Chilton Pdf

Spatial perception and cognition is fundamental to human abilities to navigate through space, identify and locate objects, and track entities in motion. Moreover, research findings in the last couple of decades reveal that many of the mechanisms humans employ to achieve this are largely innate, providing abilities to store cognitive maps for locating themselves and others, locations, directions and routes. In this, humans are like many other species. However, unlike other species, humans can employ language in order to represent space. The human linguistic ability combined with the human ability for spatial representation apparently results in rich, creative and sometimes surprising extensions of representations for three-dimensional physical space. The present volume brings together over 20 articles from leading scholars who investigate the relationship between spatial cognition and spatial language. The volume is fully representative of the state of the art in terms of language and space research, and points to new directions in terms of findings, theory, and practice.

Author : Stephen C. Levinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,7 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 : Paul Bloom
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262522667

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Language and Space by Paul Bloom Pdf

The 15 essays in this volume bring together research and theoretical viewpoints in the areas of psychology, linguistics, anthropology, and neuroscience, presenting a synthesis across these diverse domains. Throughout, authors address and debate each others arguments and theories.

Author : Maya Hickmann,Stéphane Robert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027229779

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Space in Languages by Maya Hickmann,Stéphane Robert Pdf

Space is presently the focus of much research and debate across disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. One strong feature of this collection is to bring together theoretical and empirical contributions from these varied scientific traditions, with the collective aim of addressing fundamental questions at the forefront of the current literature: the nature of space in language, the linguistic relativity of space, the relation between spatial language and cognition. Linguistic analyses highlight the multidimensional and heterogeneous nature of space, while also showing the existence of a set of types, parameters, and principles organizing the considerable diversity of linguistic systems and accounting for mechanisms of diachronic change. Findings concerning spatial perception and cognition suggest the existence of two distinct systems governing linguistic and non-linguistic representations, that only partially overlap in some pathologies, but they also show the strong impact of language-specific factors on the course of language acquisition and cognitive development.

Author : Kelly S. Mix,Linda B. Smith,Linda B Smith,Michael Gasser
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199553242

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The Spatial Foundations of Cognition and Language by Kelly S. Mix,Linda B. Smith,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 : Michel Aurnague,Maya Hickmann,Laure Vieu
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027223742

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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 : Peter Auer,Martin Hilpert,Anja Stukenbrock,Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110312027

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Space in Language and Linguistics by Peter Auer,Martin Hilpert,Anja Stukenbrock,Benedikt Szmrecsanyi Pdf

This book brings together three perspectives on language and space that are quite well-researched within themselves, but which so far are lacking productive interconnections. Specifically, the book aims to interconnect the following research areas: Language, space, and geography Grammar, space, and cognition Language and interactional spaces The contributions in this book cover geographical language variation within and across languages, language use in stationary and mobile interactional spaces, computer-mediated communication, and spatial reasoning across languages. This range of issues showcases the thematic and methodological breadth of research on language and space. In order to identify interconnections, the respective contributions are accompanied by commentaries that highlight common threads.

Author : Michel Denis
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781848720497

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From Mental Imagery to Spatial Cognition and Language by Michel Denis Pdf

Reviewing the state-of-the-art research in the field of imagery, visuo-spatial memory, spatial representation and language, with special emphasis on their interactions, the volume addresses the issues in depth, presenting new evidence through contributions from both behavioural and neuroimaging studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:474265097

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Language, Cognition and Space by Anonim Pdf

Author : Karen Emmorey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135664817

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Language, Cognition, and the Brain by Karen Emmorey Pdf

Intro to Amer Sign Lang w/ focus on psychological processes involvd in its acquistion & use, as well as the brain bases of ASL. An upper- level txt w/ readership among researchers in cognitve psych & cognitve neuroscience, language & linguistics, speech,

Author : Stephen C. Levinson,David P. Wilkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139458399

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Grammars of Space by Stephen C. Levinson,David P. Wilkins Pdf

Spatial language - that is, the way languages structure the spatial domain – is an important area of research, offering insights into one of the most central areas of human cognition. In this collection, a team of leading scholars review the spatial domain across a wide variety of languages. Contrary to existing assumptions, they show that there is great variation in the way space is conceptually structured across languages, thus substantiating the controversial question of how far the foundations of human cognition are innate. Grammars of Space is a supplement to the psychological information provided in its companion volume, Space in Language and Cognition. It represents a new kind of work in linguistics, 'Semantic Typology', which asks what are the semantic parameters used to structure particular semantic fields. Comprehensive and informative, it will be essential reading for those working on comparative linguistics, spatial cognition, and the interface between them.

Author : Annette Herskovits
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521109183

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Language and Spatial Cognition by Annette Herskovits Pdf

This book provides a precise and thorough description of the meaning and use of spatial expressions, using both a linguistics and an artificial intelligence perspective, and also an enlightening discussion of computer models of comprehension and production in the spatial domain. The author proposes a theoretical framework that explains many previously overlooked or misunderstood irregularities. The use of prepositions reveals underlying schematisations and idealisations of the spatial world, which, for the most part, echo representational structures necessary for human action (movement and manipulation). Because spatial cognition seems to provide a key to understanding much of the cognitive system, including language, the book addresses one of the most basic questions confronting cognitive science and artificial intelligence, and brings fresh and original insights to it.

Author : Luna Filipovi?,Kasia M. Jaszczolt,Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027223913

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Space and Time in Languages and Cultures by Luna Filipovi?,Kasia M. Jaszczolt,Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt Pdf

This is an interdisciplinary volume that focuses on the central topic of the representation of events, namely cross-cultural differences in representing time and space, as well as various aspects of the conceptualisation of space and time. It brings together research on space and time from a variety of angles, both theoretical and methodological. Crossing boundaries between and among disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, philosophy, or anthropology forms a creative platform in a bold attempt to reveal the complex interaction of language, culture, and cognition in the context of human communication and interaction. The authors address the nature of spatial and temporal constructs from a number of perspectives, such as cultural specificity in determining time intervals in an Amazonian culture, distinct temporalities in a specific Mongolian hunter community, Russian-specific conceptualisation of temporal relations, Seri and Yucatec frames of spatial reference, memory of events in space and time, and metaphorical meaning stemming from perception and spatial artefacts, to name but a few themes. The topic of space and time in language and culture is also represented, from a different albeit related point of view, in the sister volume Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Linguistic Diversity (HCP 36) which focuses on the language-specific vis-à-vis universal aspects of linguistic representation of spatial and temporal reference.

Author : David Waller,Lynn Nadel
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1433812045

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Handbook of Spatial Cognition by David Waller,Lynn Nadel Pdf

This book, which provides a detailed interdisciplinary overview of spatial cognition from neurological to sociocultural levels, is an accessible resource for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as researchers at all levels who seek to understand our perceptions of the world around us.