The spatial foundations of language and cognition

The spatial foundations of language and cognition / edited by Kelly S. Mix, Linda B. Smith, and Michael Gasser.

Presenting research on the role of space as a mechanism in language use and learning, experts from experimental psychology, computer science, linguistics, and researchers in child language consider the nature and applications of this research and its implications for understanding the processes invo...

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Other Authors: Mix, Kelly S., Smith, Linda B., Gasser, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Explorations in language and space ; 4.
Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:
Space and time in language.
Space perception.
Cognition.
Language acquisition.
Space perception in children.
Cognition in children.
Child development.
Language and languages.
space perception.
cognition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Psycholinguistics.
Language and languages
Child development
Cognition
Cognition in children
Language acquisition
Space and time in language
Space perception
Space perception in children
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Table of Contents:
  • Thinking through space. Minds in space / Andy Clark
  • Language is spatial, not special : on the demise of the symbolic approximation hypthesis / Michael J. Spivey, Daniel C. Richardson, and Carlos A. Zednik
  • Spatial tools for mathematical thought / Kelly S. Mix
  • Time, motion, and meaning : the experiential basis of abstract thought / Michael Ramscar, Teenie Matlock, and Lera Boroditsky
  • From embodiment to abstract thought. Perspectives on spatial development / Janellen Huttenlocher, Stella F. Lourenco, and Marina Vasilyeva
  • It's in the eye of the beholder : spatial language and spatial memory use the same preceptual reference frames / John Lipinski, Johon P. Spencer, and Larissa K. Samuelson
  • Tethering to the world, coming undone / Barabara Landau, Kirsten O'Hearn, and James E. Hoffman
  • Encoding space in spatial language / Laura A. Carlson
  • Using space to ground language. Objects in space and mind : from reaching to words / Linda B. Smith and Larissa K. Samuelson
  • The role of the body in infant language learning / Chen Yu and Dana H. Ballard
  • Talk about motion : the semantic representation of verbs by motion dynamics / Erin N. Cannon and Paul R. Cohen.

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