Spatial Semiotics and Spatial Mental Models: Figure-Ground Asymmetries in Language

Martin Thiering

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2015

Spatial Semiotics and Spatial Mental Models

Figure-Ground Asymmetries in Language

Martin Thiering

Volume 27 in the series Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110356878

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This book presents novel data from endangered languages and cultures that are ever so often still not focused on. It combines different disciplines to capture the intricacies of spatial orientation and navigation. Also, the interplay between culture through language and practices presents new insights in the importance of combining cognitive semantics with cognitive anthropology.

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Martin Thiering, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XII
Index of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIV
Table of Content Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XV
Part I: Theoretical Preambel
Chapter 1: Setting the Stage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2: Cognitive Representation of Knowledge: Spatial Mental Models Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Part II: Linguistic encodings of spatial mental models: the case studies
Chapter 3: Figure-ground reversals in language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Chapter 4: Degrees of specificity in spatial semantics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 5: Language loss in spatial semantics: Dene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Part III: Spatial concepts as landmarks: cognitive semantics meets cognitive anthropology
Chapter 6: Spatial concepts, language and practice in Eipo and Dene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Chapter 7: Closing the stage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 291

eBook

Published: December 12, 2014
ISBN: 9783110356878

Hardcover

Published: November 17, 2014
ISBN: 9783110354133