Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity - Couverture souple

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Levinson, Stephen C.

 
9780521011969: Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity
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ISBN 10 : 0521011965 ISBN 13 : 9780521011969
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen C. Levinson is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Professor of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Nijmegen. His publications include Pragmatics (Cambridge, 1983), Politeness (co-author Cambridge, 1987), Rethinking Linguistic Relativity (co-editor, Cambridge, 1996), Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development (co-editor, Cambridge, 2001) and Presumptive Meaning (2001).

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521011965
ISBN 13 
9780521011969
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
414
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Avery
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9780521812627: Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521812623 ISBN 13 :  9780521812627
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003
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