Series statement from jacket. Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and indexes.
Contents:
Using space to ground language. the semantic representation of verbs by motion dynamics / Erin N. Cannon and Paul R. Cohen. Language is spatial, not special : on the demise of the symbolic approximation hypthesis / Michael J. Spivey, Daniel C. Richardson, and Carlos A. Zednik ; Spatial tools for mathematical thought / Kelly S. Mix ; Time, motion, and meaning : the experiential basis of abstract thought / Michael Ramscar, Teenie Matlock, and Lera Boroditsky -- From embodiment to abstract thought. Perspectives on spatial development / Janellen Huttenlocher, Stella F. Lourenco, and Marina Vasilyeva ; It's in the eye of the beholder : spatial language and spatial memory use the same preceptual reference frames / John Lipinski, Johon P. Spencer, and Larissa K. Samuelson ; Tethering to the world, coming undone / Barabara Landau, Kirsten O'Hearn, and James E. Hoffman ; Encoding space in spatial language / Laura A. Carlson -- Using space to ground language. Objects in space and mind : from reaching to words / Linda B. Smith and Larissa K. Samuelson ; The role of the body in infant language learning / Chen Yu and Dana H. Ballard ; Talk about motion : the semantic representation of verbs by motion dynamics / Erin N. Cannon and Paul R. Cohen.
Summary:
"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 cognitive processes, including memory, attention, action, and perception. It looks at how physical space and landmarks are used in cognitive representations and serve as the basis of human cognition in a range of core mechanisms to index memories and ground meanings that are not themselves explicitly about space. The editors have brought together experimental psychologists, computer scientists, robotocists, linguists, and researchers in child language in order to consider the nature and applications of this research and in particular its implications for understanding the processes involved in language acquisition."--BOOK JACKET.
Series:
Explorations in language and space ; 4 [Oxford linguistics]
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