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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hickmann, Maya, Robert, Stéphane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2006.
Colección:Typological studies in language ; v. 66.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
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 ;