The spatial foundations of language and cognition
By: edited by Kelly S. Mix, Linda B. Smith, and Michael Gasser
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Explorations in language and space -- 4; [Oxford linguistics]; Oxford linguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780199553242
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Series statement from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and indexes.