Research Catalog

Title

Representing direction in language and space / edited by Emile van der Zee and Jon Slack.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Zee, Emile van der.
• Slack, J. M.

Description

xvi, 282 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Explorations in language and space ; 01

Uniform Title

Explorations in language and space ; 01.

Subject

• Raum, ..
• Space and time in language
• Psycholinguistics
• Cognitive science
• Space perception
• Psycholinguistics
• Space Perception
• psycholinguistics
• space perception
• 17.50 grammar
• 17.32 language and thinking
• Space perception
• Cognitive science
• Space and time in language
• Kognitive Linguistik
• Raumwahrnehmung
• Richtungsangabe
• Psycholinguistik
• Kognitionswissenschaft
• Wissensrepräsentation
• Grammatiktheorie
• Semantik
• Richtung
• Sprache
• Raum
• Taal
• Ruimte (algemeen)
• Referentiekader
• Taalpsychologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-279) and index.

Contents

1. The Representation of Direction in Language and Space / Jon Slack and Emile van der Zee -- 2. Axes and Direction in Spatial Language and Spatial Cognition / Barbara Landau -- 3. Vectors across Spatial Domains: From Place to Size, Orientation, Shape, and Parts / Joost Zwarts -- 4. Vector Grammar, Places, and the Functional Role of the Spatial Prepositions in English / John O'Keefe -- 5. The Unique Vector Constraint: The Impact of Direction Changes on the Linguistic Segmentation of Motion Events / Jurgen Bohnemeyer -- 6. Defining Spatial Relations: Reconciling Axis and Vector Representations / Laura Carlson, Terry Regier and Eric Covey -- 7. Places: Points, Planes, Paths, and Portions / Barbara Tversky.

ISBN

• 0199260184
• 9780199260188
• 0199260192
• 9780199260195

LCCN

2003284123

OCLC

• ocm51107870
• 51107870
• SCSB-1305348

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library