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Item Details
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REPRESENTING DIRECTION IN LANGUAGE AND SPACE
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| By: |
Emile van der Zee (Editor), Jon Slack (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£52.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199260192 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199260195 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
14 August, 2003 |
| Series: |
Explorations in Language and Space 1 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Description: |
The fast-growing interdisciplinary research area of 'language and space' investigates how language and representations of space are linked in information processing systems, like the brain. This is the first book in a new series at the forefront of research in the interfaces between brain, perception, and language. When we use directions in language, such as 'under the tree', how are these directions represented in our minds before we even start speaking, and how aredirections expressed in different languages? Considering the way in which language and space are linked has consequences for theories on word meaning (linguistics and philosophy), for the construction of language-to-space interfaces (computer science), for our comprehension of how people uselanguage in different contexts and cultures (psychology and anthropology), and for the way in which we can distinguish between normal and subnormal cognitive processing (neuroscience). |
| Synopsis: |
This book considers how it is possible for people to use directions like 'above the table' or 'over the city'. How does our brain or any other information processing system represent a direction as a spatial entity? And, how is it possible to link such a representation to language, so that we talk about a direction we have in mind? When we look at or imagine a scene, what entities can be employed for representing a direction, and what are the parts in language that can be used to talk about directions? This book brings together research from linguistics, psychology, philosophy, computer science, anthropology, and neuroscience to answer these intriguing questions. By considering direction representation across different languages and in different information processing systems, this book gives an overview of the main issues in this area for both the interested novice and the specialized researcher. |
| Illustrations: |
numerous figures |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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