Space in languages : linguistic systems and cognitive categories /
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 collectiv...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2006.
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Colección: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 66. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Notas: | "The present book is the result of a conference which was held in Paris at the Ecole normale supérieure (7-8 February 2003)"--Acknowledgments |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 361 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789027293558 9027293554 9789027229779 9027229775 9789027229786 9027229783 1282155857 9781282155855 9786612155857 661215585X |
ISSN: | 0167-7373 ; |