Space in language and cognition : explorations in cognitive diversity /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levinson, Stephen C.
Corporate Author: Max Planck Institut für Psycholinguistik (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Language, culture, and cognition ; 5.
Subjects:
Space and time in language.
Psycholinguistics.
Cognition.
Psycholinguistics
Cognition
Espace et temps dans le langage.
Psycholinguistique.
psycholinguistics.
cognition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Psycholinguistics.
Space and time in language
Kognition
Psycholinguistik
Raumvorstellung
Sprache
Taal.
Cognitie.
Ruimte (algemeen)
Referentiekader.
Taalpsychologie.
Langage.
Espace.
Temps (Philosophie)
Perception spatiale.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The intellectual background: two millennia of Western ideas about spatial thinking
  • 2. Frames of reference
  • 3. Linguistic diversity
  • 4. Absolute minds: glimpses into two cultures
  • 5. Diversity in mind: methods and results from a cross-linguistic sample
  • 6. Beyond language: frames of reference in wayfinding and pointing
  • 7. Language and thought.

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