Space in Language and Cognition - Stephen C. Levinson
Space in Language and Cognition - Stephen C. Levinson Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and…
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Space in Language and Cognition - Stephen C. Levinson
Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. After outlining a typology of spatial coordinate systems in language and cognition, it is shown that not all languages use all types, and that non-linguistic cognition mirrors the systems available in the local language. 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.
The book reports on collaborative, interdisciplina