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

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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Weitere Verfasser: Filipović, Luna, Jaszczolt, Katarzyna
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
Schriftenreihe:Human cognitive processing ; v. 37.
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Zusammenfassung: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 of angles, both theoretical and methodological. Crossing boundaries between and among disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, philosophy, or anthropology forms a creative platform in a bold attempt to reveal the complex interaction of language, culture, and cognition in the context of human co.
Beschreibung:1. The conceptual category of motion and language diversity.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ReferencesIII. Conceptualizing spatio-temporal relations; 9. Linguistic manifestations of the space-time (dis) analogy; 1. Preliminaries; 2. The extensive noun-verb parallelism; 3. Asymmetries; 4. The multiple roles of time; 5. The dynamic conception of space; 6. Summation; References; 10. Vectors and frames of reference: Evidence from Seri and Yucatec; 1. Introduction; 2. Orientation and frames of reference; 3. Data collection and methods; 4. Seri and Yucatec data; 5. Frames of reference and vectors; 6. Conclusion; References; 11. Verbal and gestural expression of motion in French and Czech.
ISBN:9789027273604
902727360X
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