The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition - Thinking Through Space (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Explorations in Language and Space, 4
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	February 2010
Editors:	Kelly S. Mix (Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Development Laboratory,) • Linda B. Smith (Chancellor's Professor of Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Development Laboratory) • Michael Gasser (Associate Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science)
Dimensions:	240 x 162 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-955324-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
LSN:	0-19-955324-6
Barcode:	9780199553242

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