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Landscape in language : transdisciplinary perspectives /
Landscape is fundamental to human experience. Yet until recently, the study of landscape has been fragmented among the disciplines. This volume focuses on how landscape is represented in language and thought, and what this reveals about the relationships of people to place and to land. Scientists of...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2011]
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| Collection: | Culture and language use ;
v. 4. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Landscape is fundamental to human experience. Yet until recently, the study of landscape has been fragmented among the disciplines. This volume focuses on how landscape is represented in language and thought, and what this reveals about the relationships of people to place and to land. Scientists of various disciplines such as anthropologists, geographers, information scientists, linguists, and philosophers address several questions, including: Are there cross-cultural and cross-linguistic variations in the delimitation, classification, and naming of geographic features? Can alternative world- |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiii, 449 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027287045 902728704X 1283128276 9781283128278 9786613128270 6613128279 |