Vision beyond visual perception /

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"Vision is crucial for the survival of all animals. However, as this book shows, its importance does not simply lie in visual perception, but is, rather, deeply rooted in human physiology, psychology and culture. For instance, conceptual metaphors often involve vision, such as "Seeing is T...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Toyota, Junichi, 1973- (Editor), Richards, Ian, 1958- (Editor), Kovačević, Borko (Editor), Shchepetunina, Marina (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Subjects:
Language and culture.
Visual perception.
Visual Perception
Langage et culture.
Perception visuelle.
visual perception.
PSYCHOLOGY > Physiological Psychology.
Visual perception
Language and culture
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Different views on vision / Junichi Toyota and Ian Richards
  • New Zealand's South Island myth: the evolution of a literary idea / Ian Richards
  • The power of vision in mythological thinking: 'to see the forbidden' in Japanese myths and fairy tales / Marina Shchepetunina
  • Grammar in the mind in relation to vision: an analysis of null-subject languages / Junichi Toyota
  • Motivations for counter symbolism: a case of demonstratives in Cushitic languages / Junichi Toyota
  • Comparative analysis of ancient Chinese characters and modern pictograms / Daria Vinogradova
  • Vision in African languages / Marilena Stuwe-Thanasoula
  • On expressions of vision and other sensory perceptions in Serbian / Junichi Toyota and Borko Kovačević.

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