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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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2012.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789027273604 902727360X 1281141216 9781281141217 9786613776686 6613776688 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | 1. The conceptual category of motion and language diversity. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | 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. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Series: | Human cognitive processing ;
v. 37. |
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