Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

by Stephen C. Levinson

Book Overview

Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This 2003 book shows that even in a core cognitive domain like spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about spatial relations and directions. After outlining a typology of spatial coordinate systems in language and cognition, it is shown that not all languages use...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521011965
• ISBN13: 9780521011969
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.9"