Space in language and cognition : explorations in cognitive diversity /
"Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This book shows that even in a core cognitive domain, such as spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about...
| Основен автор: | Levinson, Stephen C. |
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| Автор-организации: | Max Planck Institut fur Psycholinguistik (Nijmegen, Netherlands) |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Серия: |
Language, culture, and cognition ;
5. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=112654 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Space in language and cognition. |
Съдържание:
- 1. The intellectual background: two millennia of Western ideas about spatial thinking
- 2. Frames of reference
- 3. Linguistic diversity
- 4. Absolute minds: glimpses into two cultures
- 5. Diversity in mind: methods and results from a cross-linguistic sample
- 6. Beyond language: frames of reference in wayfinding and pointing
- 7. Language and thought.