Space and Time in Languages and Cultures : Language, Culture, and Cognition

Space and Time in Languages and Cultures : Language, Culture, and Cognition / edited by Luna Filipovic, Kasia M. Jaszczolt.

This is an interdisciplinary volume that focuses on the central topic of the representation of events, namely cross-cultural differences in representing time and space, as well as various aspects of the conceptualisation of space and time. It brings together research on space and time from a variety...

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Other Authors: Filipović, Luna, Jaszczolt, Katarzyna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
Series:Human cognitive processing ; v. 37.
Subjects:
Space and time in language.
Psycholinguistics.
Cognition.
Language and culture.
psycholinguistics.
cognition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Cognition
Language and culture
Psycholinguistics
Space and time in language
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Table of Contents:
  • Space and Time in Languages and Cultures. Language, culture, and cognition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC Data; Table of contents; Editors and contributors; Foreword: Space and time in languages, cultures, and cognition; Introduction: Linguistic, cultural, and cognitive approaches to space and time; 1. Preliminary remarks; 2. The contributions to the volume; 3. Perspectives for future research; References; I. Linguistic and conceptual representation of events; 1. Event-based time intervals in an Amazonian culture; 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Calendars and time reckoning: Anthropological perspectives3. Amondawa culture and society: An overview; 4. Time intervals in Amondawa language and culture; 5. Time and the human lifespan in Amondawa; 6. Discussion; References; 2. Vagueness in event times: An epistemic solution; 1. Introduction; 2. Temporal vagueness vs predicate vagueness; 3. What is it that is vague?; 4. Selecting a theory for temporal vagueness; 5. Conclusions; References; 3. Aspectual coercions in content composition; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. From type presupposition to coercion.
  • 4. A sketch of a formal theory of lexical meaning5. Modality, aspect, and the verbal complex; 6. Conclusion; References; 4. Back to the future: Just where are forthcoming events located?; 1. Introduction; 2. Spatio-kinetic metaphors for time and the role of Ego; 3. On the nature of the future tense; 4. Future locations; 5. Epistemic metaphors; 6. Conclusion; References; II. Cultural perspectives on space and time; 1. Introduction; 4. Conclusions; References; 6. Two temporalities of the Mongolian wolf hunter; 1. Introduction; 5. Concluding remarks; References.
  • 7. Koromu temporal expressions: Semantic and cultural perspectives1. Introduction; 2. Geographic and sociolinguistic setting; 3. Time and Koromu morphosyntax; 4. Semantic primes and semantic molecules; 5. Basic temporal adverbs and temporal primes in Koromu; 6. Time, days, and parts of a day; 7. Counting the days
  • a deictic centred system; 9. Conclusion; References; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; 1. Introduction; 2. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) as a tool of semantic description; 3. Russian temporal expressions and cultural attitudes to time; 4. Concluding remarks.

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