The spatial foundations of language and cognition /

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 cogn...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Gasser, Michael., Mix, Kelly S., Smith, Linda B.
Weitere Verfasser:
Gasser, Michael
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.
Zusammenfassung:
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 humancognition in a range of core mechanisms to index memories and ground meanings that are not themselves explicitly abo
Umfang:
1 online resource (328 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-160956-0
0-19-156826-0
9786612453168
1-282-45316-5
Schlagworte:
Child development.
Cognition in children.
Cognition.
Language acquisition.
Space and time in language.
Space perception in children.
Space perception.
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