Space in Language and Cognition : Explorations in Cognitive Diversity Paperback / softback
by Stephen C. (Max-Planck-Institut fur Psycholinguistik, The Netherlands) Levinson
Part of the Language Culture and Cognition series
Paperback / softback
Description
Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought.
This 2003 book shows that even in a core cognitive domain like spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about spatial relations and directions.
After outlining a typology of spatial coordinate systems in language and cognition, it is shown that not all languages use all types, and that non-linguistic cognition mirrors the systems available in the local language.
The book reports on collaborative, interdisciplinary research, involving anthropologists, linguists and psychologists, conducted in many languages and cultures around the world, which establishes this robust correlation.
The overall results suggest that thinking in the cognitive sciences underestimates the transformative power of language on thinking.
The book will be of interest to linguists, psychologists, anthropologists and philosophers, and especially to students of spatial cognition.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:414 pages, 25 Tables, unspecified; 47 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/03/2003
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- ISBN:9780521011969
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:414 pages, 25 Tables, unspecified; 47 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/03/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521011969
