Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (414 p.))
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511613609
Series Statement:
Language Culture and Cognition no. 5
Content:
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
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521812627
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521011969
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-052-181-262-7
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521812627
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Raumvorstellung
;
Sprache
;
Kognition
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511613609
URL:
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