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Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

By Stephen C. Levinson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0521812623, 9780521812627, 9780511042355, 0521011965, 9780521011969
LCC
P37.5.S65 L48 2003
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1842529 bytes)
Series
Language, Culture and Cognition
Pages
414\415
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Когнитивная лингви

Description

Spatial orientation and direction are core areas of human and animal thinking. But, unlike animals, human populations vary considerably in their spatial thinking. Revealing that these differences correlate with language (which is probably mostly responsible for the different cognitive styles), this book includes many cross-cultural studies investigating spatial memory, reasoning, types of gesture and wayfinding abilities. It explains the relationship between language and cognition and cross-cultural differences in thinking to students of language and the cognitive sciences.

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