The Anthropology of Space /

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Pinxten, Rik (Autor), Harvey, Frank (Autor), van Dooren, Ingrid (Autor)
Otros Autores: Werner, Oswald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1983]
Temas:
Navajo philosophy.
Navajo language > Semantics.
Space perception > Case studies.
Cognition and culture > Southwest, New > Case studies.
Philosophie navajo.
Navajo (Langue) > Sémantique.
Perception spatiale > Études de cas.
Cognition et culture > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Cognition and culture.
Space perception.
New Southwest.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Werner, Oswald
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. The Natural Philosophy of Navajo Language and World View
  • II. Semantic Analysis of Navajo Spatial Talk
  • III. Linguistic Material on Navajo Spatial Meaning
  • IV. Building a Model of Navajo Spatial Knowledge
  • V. Applications in the Teaching of Mathematics and the Sciences
  • VI. General Conclusions
  • Appendix A. List of Consultants
  • Appendix B. "The Device": A Synoptic and Revised Edition of the Universal Frame of Reference for Spatial Analysis
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Subject Index

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