Saying, seeing, and acting : the psychological semantics of spatial prepositions /

Saying, seeing, and acting : the psychological semantics of spatial prepositions /

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Author / Creator:Coventry, Kenny R.
Imprint:Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Psychology Press, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Essays in cognitive psychology
Essays in cognitive psychology.
Subject:
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Prepositions.
Semantics -- Psychological aspects.
Space and time in language.
Psycholinguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Prepositions.
Psycholinguistics.
Semantics -- Psychological aspects.
Space and time in language.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11297530
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Other authors / contributors:Garrod, S. C. (Simon C.)
ISBN:0203641523
9780203641521
9786610077915
6610077916
9781841691169
184169116X
184169116X
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1135431981
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9781280077913
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Our use of spatial prepositions carries an implicit understanding of the functional relationships both between objects themselves and human interaction with those objects.This is the thesis rigorously explicated in Saying, Seeing and Acting. It aims to account not only for our theoretical comprehension of spatial relations but our ability to intercede with efficacy in the world of spatially related objects. Only the phenomenon of functionality can adequately account for what even the simplest of everyday experiences show to be the technically problematic, but still meaningful stat.
Other form:Print version: Coventry, Kenny R. Saying, seeing, and acting. Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Psychology Press, 2004 184169116X
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Saying, Seeing and Acting
  • Background to the Domain
  • Introduction to the Domain
  • Saying Spatial Prepositions and Lexical Semantics
  • Grounding Language in Perception - From "Saying" to "Seeing and Acting"
  • Part 2. Saying, Seeing and Acting: Constructing an Account
  • Introducing the Functional Geometric Framework
  • Experimental Evidence for the Functional Geometric Framework
  • The So-called Topographical Prepositions. Experimental Evidence for the Functional Geometric Framework
  • Which Way up is up?
  • The Projective Prepositions
  • Experimental Evidence for the Functional Geometric Framework
  • Other Prepositions: Proximity, Coincidence and Being between
  • Part 3. Putting Saying, Seeing and Acting Together
  • The Functional Geometric Framework in Action
  • Putting It all Together
  • Cross-linguistic and Developmental Implications
  • Extensions, Links and Conclusions
  • References

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