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Space in Language and Cognition :Explorations in Cognitive Diversity.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Space in Language and Cognition :
Reminder of title:	Explorations in Cognitive Diversity.
Author:	Levinson, Stephen C.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003.
Description:	415 p.
Subject:	Space and time in language.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511613609 (electronic bk.)

Space in Language and Cognition :Explorations in Cognitive Diversity.
Levinson, Stephen C.

Space in Language and Cognition :Explorations in Cognitive Diversity.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003. - 415 p.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 The intellectual backround: two millennia of Western ideas about spatial thinking; CHAPTER 2 Frames of reference; CHAPTER 3 Linguistic diversity; CHAPTER 4 Absolute minds: glimpses into two cultures; CHAPTER 5 Diversity in mind: methods and results from a cross-linguistic sample; CHAPTER 6 Beyond language: frames of reference in wayfinding and pointing; CHAPTER 7 Language and thought; Notes; References; Language index; Author index; Subject index

Stephen C. Levinson uses differences between languages to explore the relation between language and thought. He shows that even in a core cognitive domain like spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about spatial relations and directions.

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ISBN: 9780511613609 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

203909
Space and time in language.
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214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: P37.5.S65 L48 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 401.93

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