Representing direction in language and space

Representing direction in language and space / edited by Emile van der Zee and Jon Slack.

At the forefront of research in the interfaces between brain perception and language, this book examines how directions such as 'under the tree' are represented in our minds before we even start speaking, and how directions are expressed in different languages.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zee, Emile van der, Slack, J. M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:Explorations in language and space ; 01.
Subjects:
Space and time in language.
Psycholinguistics.
Cognitive science.
psycholinguistics.
Cognitive science
Psycholinguistics
Space and time in language
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Representation of Direction in Language and Space / Jon Slack and Emile van der Zee
  • 2. Axes and Direction in Spatial Language and Spatial Cognition / Barbara Landau
  • 3. Vectors across Spatial Domains: From Place to Size, Orientation, Shape, and Parts / Joost Zwarts
  • 4. Vector Grammar, Places, and the Functional Role of the Spatial Prepositions in English / John O'Keefe
  • 5. The Unique Vector Constraint: The Impact of Direction Changes on the Linguistic Segmentation of Motion Events / Jurgen Bohnemeyer
  • 6. Defining Spatial Relations: Reconciling Axis and Vector Representations / Laura Carlson, Terry Regier and Eric Covey
  • 7. Places: Points, Planes, Paths, and Portions / Barbara Tversky
  • 8. Ontological Problems for the Semantics of Spatial Expressions in Natural Language / Pierre Gambarotto and Philippe Muller.
  • 9. Change of Orientation / Hedda Schmidtke, Ladina Tschander, Carola Eschenbach and Christopher Habel
  • 10. How Finnish Postpositions See the Axis System / Urpo Nikanne
  • 11. Directions from Shape: How Spatial Features Determine Reference Axis Categorization / Emile van der Zee and Rik Eshuis
  • 12. Memory for Locations Relative to Objects: Axes and the Categorization of Regions / Rik Eshuis
  • 13. Spatial Prepositions, Spatial Templates, and 'Semantic' versus 'Pragmatic' Visual Representations / Kenny Coventry.

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