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Space in language and cognition : explorations in cognitive diversity /
"Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This book shows that even in a core cognitive domain, such as spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Language, culture, and cognition ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This book shows that even in a core cognitive domain, such as spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about spatial relations and directions. After outlining a typology of spatial coordinate systems in language and cognition, it is shown that not all languages use all types, and that non-linguistic cognition mirrors the systems available in the local language. The book reports on collaborative, interdisciplinary research, involving anthropologists, linguists and psychologists, conducted in many languages and cultures around the world, which establishes this robust correlation. The overall results suggest that most current thinking in the cognitive sciences underestimates the transformative power of language on thinking. The book will appeal to all researchers interested in the relation of language to other areas of cognition - linguists, psychologists, anthropologists, philosophers - and especially to students of spacial cognition."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 389 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-367) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511042353 9780511042355 9780521812627 0521812623 9780511613609 0511613601 9780511045387 0511045387 0511157894 9780511157899 1280421525 9781280421525 9786610421527 6610421528 |