Format:
XXIII, 389 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
0521011965
,
9780521011969
,
0521812623
,
9780521812627
Series Statement:
Language, culture and cognition 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 book shows that even in a core cognitive domain, such as 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 most current thinking in the cognitive sciences underestimates the transformative power of language on thinking. The book will appeal to all researchers interested in the relation of language to other areas of cognition - linguists, psychologists, anthropologists, philosophers - and especially to students of spacial cognition."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-511-61360-9
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-511-04235-5
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9780511177019
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9781280421525
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9780511157899
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Raumvorstellung
;
Sprache
;
Kognition
