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| Title:
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THE GRAMMAR OF SPACE
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| By: |
Soteria Svorou |
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Paperback |
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£30.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9027229120 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789027229120 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
6 April, 1994 |
| Series: |
Typological Studies in Language No. 25 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
A cross-linguistic study of grammatical morphemes expressing spatial relationships, based on data from 26 genetically unrelated and randomly selected languages. It discusses the relationship between the way human beings experience space and the way it is encoded grammatically in language. |
| Synopsis: |
This text is a cross-linguistic study of grammatical morphemes expressing spatial relationships, that discusses the relationship between the way human beings experience space and the way it is encoded grammatically in language. The discussions of the similarities and differences among languages in the encoding and expression of spatial relation centres around the emergence and evolution of spatial grams, and the semantic and morphosyntactic characteristics of two types of spatial grams. The author bases her observations on the study of data from 26 genetically unrelated and randomly selected languages. The text shows that languages are similar in the way spatial grams emerge and evolve, and also in the way specific types of spatial grams are used to express not only spatial but also temporal and other non-spatial relations. Motivation for these similarities may lie in the way we, as human beings, experience the world, which is constrained by our physical configuration and neurophysiological apparatus, as well as our individual cultures. |
| Illustrations: |
notes, bibliography, indexes |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
John Benjamins Publishing Co |
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Non-returnable |
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