Space in language and cognition : explorations in cognitive diversity /
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| Author / Creator: | Levinson, Stephen C. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
| Description: | xxiii, 389 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Language, culture, and cognition ; 5 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4856937 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. The intellectual background: two millenia of Western ideas about spatial thinking
- 2. Frames of reference
- 3. Linguistic diversity
- 4. Absolute minds: glimpses into two cultures
- 5. Diversity in mind: methods and results from a cross-linguistic sample
- 6. Beyond language: frames of reference in wayfinding and pointing
- 7. Language and thought
