Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Carlson, Laura Anne, 1965-
2. Zee, Emile van der.

Description

1. xiv, 386 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "The introduction sets the issues within the context of research in linguistics and cognitive science, and explains the different perspectives associated with each of the chapters. The book will interest scholars at graduate level and above in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and linguistics."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. [Oxford linguistics]
2. [Explorations in language and space ; 02]

Uniform title

1. Oxford linguistics
2. Explorations in language and space ; 02.

Subject

1. Space and time in language
2. Functionalism (Linguistics)
3. Cognitive maps (Psychology)
4. Psycholinguistics
5. Oral communication
6. Psycholinguistics
7. psycholinguistics
8. Oral communication
9. Space and time in language
10. Kognitive Linguistik
11. Raumvorstellung
12. Sprache
13. Wissensrepräsentation
14. Ruimtelijke aspecten
15. Functionaliteit
16. Taal
17. Funktionale Grammatik
18. Sprache > Raum
19. Raum > Sprache
20. Kognitive Linguistik
21. Raumvorstellung
22. Sprache
23. Psicolingüística
24. Linguagem e cognição

Genre/Form

1. Electronic books.

Contents

1. Functional Features in Language and Space / Laura A. Carlson and Emile van der Zee -- Part 1. Features : Derived from Perception, Action, and Embodiment -- Language is Grounded in Action / Arthur Glenberg and Michael Kaschak -- The Bicycle Pedal is in Front of the Table : Why some Objects do not Fit into some Spatial Relations / Manuel de Vega and Maria J. Rodrigo -- Dissociation between Verbal and Pointing Responding in Perspective Change Problems / Ranxiao Frances Wang -- An Ecological Approach to the Interface between Language and Vision / Rajesh Kasturirangan -- Contextual, Functional, and Geometric Components in the Semantics of Projective Terms / Carola Eschenbach -- Verbs and Directions : The Interaction of Geometry and Function in Determining Orientation / Christopher Habel -- Between Space and Function : How Spatial and Functional Features Determine the Comprehension of between / Emile van der Zee and Matt Watson -- Part 2. Function : Definitions and Influence -- The HIPE Theory of Function / Lawrence Barsalou, Steven Sloman, and Sergio Chaigneau -- Towards a Classification of Extra-geometric Influences on the Comprehension of Spatial Prepositions / Kenny Coventry and Simon Garrod -- Is it in or is it on? : The Influence of Geometry and Location Control on Children's Descriptions of Containment and Support Events / Lynn Richards and Kenny Coventry -- Defining Functional Features for Spatial Language / Laura Carlson and Edwin Covell -- Attention in Spatial Language : Bridging Geometry and Function / Terry Regier, Laura Carlson, and Bryce Corrigan -- Being Near the Ceramic, but not Near the Mug : On the Role of Construal in Spatial Language / Sandeep Prasada -- Force and Function in the Acquisition of the Preposition in / Claude Vandeloise -- Part 3. Features that are Functional : Categorization, Learning, and Language -- Shape : A Developmental Product / Linda B. Smith -- Adaptation of Perceptual and Semantic Features / Brian Rogosky and Robert Goldstone -- Infants' Attention to and Use of Functional Properties in Categorization / Kelly Madole and Lisa Oakes -- Developmental Constraints on the Representation of Spatial Relation Information: Evidence from Preverbal Infants / Paul C. Quinn -- Path Expressions in Finnish and Swedish : The Role of Constructions / Urpo Nikanne -- Part 4. The Pervasiveness of Functional Features in Language and Space -- Form and Function / Barbara Tversky.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Series statements on jacket.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-375) and indexes.