Explorations in Language and Space – serie
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Representing Direction in Language and Space
Av Jon Slack, Emile van der Zee m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
363 kr
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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 …
Functional Features in Language and Space
Insights from Perception, Categorization, and Development
Av ZEE, Laura Carlson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
1671 kr
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The notions of 'function', 'feature' and 'functional feature' are associated with relatively new developments and insights in several areas of cognition. This book brings together different definitions, insights and research related to defining these notions from such diverse areas as language, …
Functional Features in Language and Space
Insights from Perception, Categorization, and Development
Av Laura Carlson, Emile van der Zee
Häftad, 2004
994 kr
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The notions of 'function', 'feature' and 'functional feature' are associated with relatively new developments and insights in several areas of cognition. This book brings together different definitions, insights and research related to defining these notions from such diverse areas as language, …
The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition
Thinking Through Space
Av MIX ET AL, Kelly S. Mix m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2072 kr
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This book presents recent research on the role of space as a mechanism in language use and learning. It proceeds from the notion that cognition in real time, developmental time, and over evolutionary time occurs in space, and that the physical properties of space may provide insights into basic …
Spatial Language and Dialogue
Av Kenny R. Coventry, Thora Tenbrink m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1549 kr
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This book considers how people talk about the location of objects and places. Spatial language has occupied many researchers across diverse fields, such as linguistics, psychology, GIScience, architecture, and neuroscience. However, the vast majority of work in this area has examined spatial …
Interpreting Motion
Grounded Representations for Spatial Language
Av Inderjeet Mani, James Pustejovsky
Inbunden, 2012
2247 kr
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Interpreting Motion presents an integrated perspective on how language structures constrain concepts of motion and how the world shapes the way motion is linguistically expressed. Natural language allows for efficient communication of elaborate descriptions of movement without requiring a precise …
The Construal of Spatial Meaning
Windows into Conceptual Space
Av Carita Paradis, Jean Hudson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2357 kr
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This book considers how language users express and understand literal and metaphorical spatial meaning not only in language but also through gesture and pointing. Researchers explore the ways in which theoretical developments in language and cognition, new empirical techniques, and new …
Motion Encoding in Language and Space
Av Mila Vulchanova, Emile van der Zee
Inbunden, 2012
2894 kr
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This book brings together researchers in linguistics, computer science, psychology and cognitive science to investigate how motion is encoded in language. The book is divided into two parts. Part I considers the parameters at play in motion encoding (including directed motion) by presenting new …
Representing Space in Cognition
Interrelations of behaviour, language, and formal models
Av Thora Tenbrink, Jan M. Wiener m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2154 kr
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This book considers how people talk about their environment, find their way in new surroundings, and plan routes. Part I explores the empirical insights gained from research in the cognitive underpinnings of spatial representation in language. Part II proposes solutions for capturing such insights …
