The categorization of spatial entities in language and cognition / edited by Michel Aurnague, Maya Hickmann, Laure Vieu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aurnague, Mixel, 1963-

Hickmann, Maya.

Vieu, Laure.

Series:

Human cognitive processing ; v. 20.

Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space and time in language.

Psycholinguistics.

Categorization (Linguistics).

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

viii, 371 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This paper investigates certain puzzling predications about locations and physical objects. I argue first that locations and physical objects are distinct types of things. Locations and physical objects have different individuation conditions. So this should entail that nothing is both a location and a physical object. However, there are commonplace sentences in which terms seem to denote things that are both locations and physical objects. I provide a formal model for how to understand such sentences.

Contents:

The Categorization of Spatial Entities in Language and Cognition

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Contributors

Introduction

1. The categorization of spatial entities in different research fields

1.1. Categorization

1.2. Previous work

1.3. Open issues

2. Towards new directions: An overview of the contents of this volume

2.1. Spatial entities and the structures of languages: Descriptive work

2.2. Spatial categorization in language and cognition: Psycholinguistic and developmental studies

2.3. Characterizing categories of spatial entities: Formal ontology and formal semantics

3. Conclusion and prospects

References

Spatial entities and the structures of languages: Descriptive work

A taxonomy of basic natural entities

1. Introduction

2. Basic material entities

3. Spatial and material entities

4. Count entities and masses

5. Masses and aggregates

6. Aggregates and collections

7. Mixtures

8. Mixtures and the use of the preposition in

9. Conclusion

On the spatial meaning of contre in French

2. Sketching three different types of prototypical schemata

2.1. The force exertion originates in the figure

2.2. The force exertion originates in the ground entity

2.3. Opposite force exertion from two entities of the same class of objects

3. Three cases where contre cannot be directly associated with force exertion

3.1. Tension reduced to a perceptive effect of contact and proximity

3.2. Visual contrast between entities reduced to their two-dimensional contour

3.3. Direction and facing position

4. Conclusion

The prepositions par and à travers and the categorization of spatial entities in French

2. The existing "static'' ontology of spatial entities in French.

3. Par and the categorization of spatial entities

3.1. Par and NP denoting space portions

3.2. Par and NP denoting locations

3.3. Par and NP denoting objects

3.4. Par and NP denoting mixed entities

3.5. Par and NP denoting substances

4. A travers and the categorization of spatial entities

4.1. A travers and NP denoting space portions

4.2. A travers and NP denoting locations

4.3. A travers and NP denoting objects

4.4. A travers and NP denoting mixed entities

4.5. A travers and NP denoting substances

5. Conclusion

Appendixes

The linguistic categorization of spatial entities

0. Introduction

1. Classifiers in a typological overview of nominal classification systems

1.1. Classifiers among other nominal classification systems

1.2. A typology of classifier systems

1.3. Numeral classifiers and physical properties of spatial entities

1.4. Degrees of specificity of the classifiers

1.5. The dynamic dimensions of classifier systems

1.6. Classifiers and other classification systems of spatial entities

1.7. A multidimensional approach and fieldwork methodology

2. A sampler of classifier systems

2.1. Numeral classifier systems

2.2. Noun classifiers

2.3. Genitive classifiers

2.4. Verbal classifiers

3. A descriptive typological framework on how information on spatial entities might be expressed in languages

3.1. Strategies of encoding

3.2. Information may be about different characteristics of the spatial entities

3.3. About spatial information in nominal classification systems

3.4. Some languages obsess about spatial information and spatial entities

The expression of semantic components and the nature of ground entity in orientation motion verbs

1. Introduction.

2. A brief outline of motion constructions and object marking in Korean and French

2.1. Korean motion constructions

2.2. French motion constructions

2.3. Korean object marking system

2.4. French prepositional system

3. Basic Motion vs. Deictic Motion

4. Object marking

4.1. Korean Data

4.2. French Data

4.3. Linguistic material that expresses specific localization

5. Object Selection

5.1. Ontology of spatial entities

5.2. Locative/ ablative object and the prepositions à/ de

5.3. Accusative/ direct object

5.4. Directional object and the preposition vers (`towards')

Conclusion

Table of abbreviations

Source of exemples

Spatial categorization in language and cognition: Psycholinguistic and developmental studies

Categorizing spatial entities with frontal orientation

2. Isolating and ordering the factors

2.1. Isolating the factors

2.2. Ordering the factors

3. ILNs and factors: Avant/devant and dynamic versus static function

3.1. Standard van and dynamic function

3.2. Open-sided van: Introducing static function

3.3. Standard and open-sided vans

4. Judgment task

4.1. Response latencies

4.2. Distributions

5. Perspectives: Frontal orientation and categorization of spatial entities

5.1. ILNs, component nouns and the distinction ``location''/``object''

5.2. Factors/properties and categorization of spatial entities

Containment, support, and beyond

1. Cognitive foundations of spatial semantic development

2. How universal are spatial semantic categories?

3. Categorization of topological relations in the acquisition of English and Korean

3.1. Topological spatial categories in adult English and Korean.

3.2. Categorization of topological relationships in young children's spontaneous and elicited speech

3.3. Topological categories in comprehension

4. The learning process

4.1. Infant categorization of topological relations

4.2. Evidence for category construction from error patterns across languages

5. Conclusions

Static and dynamic location in French

1. Space and linguistic relativity

1.1. Space in language

1.2. Space in language development

2. Location and motion in French

2.1. Static location and object displacements

2.2. Caused and voluntary motion with animate entities

3. Conclusions

Precursors to spatial language

The sources of spatial cognition

1.1. Theoretical questions

1.2. Representation in infants

2. Two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional situations

3. Searching for objects

3.1. Back to theories

3.2. Late searching inefficiency

4. Motor impairment and language acquisition

Characterizing categories of spatial entities: Formal ontology

From language to ontology

2. The "Surface Grammar'' trap

3. The "Deep Structure'' trap

4. Speaking with the vulgar

The temporal essence of spatial objects

2. The ontological problem of the reference to concrete entities

2.1. Words and objects

2.2. Part, wholes, categories

2.3. Occurrents vs. Continuants ontology

3. Expressing spatial and temporal properties in a unified ontology

3.1. A spatio-temporal mereology and topology

3.2. Temporal parts

4. Reconsidering categories of reference

4.1. Object and substance

4.2. Substantial vs. non-substantial count nouns

4.3. Singular and collective entities

4.4. Objects and events.

5. Conclusion and open questions

Part-of relations, functionality and dependence

2. The multiplicity of part-whole relations

2.1. Part-whole relations in language are not just mereology

2.2. The multiple relation hypothesis

2.3. The role of ontological distinctions among entities

3. Analysis of functionality

4. Function of entities "under a description''

4.1. Lexical types

4.2. Function

5. Functional dependence

5.1. Generic functional dependence

5.2. Individual functional dependence

5.3. Formalizing Component-integral whole

6. Transitivity

6.1. Is Component-integral whole transitive?

6.2. (In)Transitivity of CIW revisited and other inferential properties

7. Conclusion

Objects, locations and complex types

2. The argument for dot objects

3. Lexical semantics and common-sense metaphysics

4. The composition logic

4.1. The set of types

4.2. The rules for the composition logic

4.3. Rules for complex types

5. Complex types, physical objects and locations

6. Conclusions

Language index

Subject index

The series Human Cognitive Processing.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612154799

9781282154797

1282154796

9789027292674

9027292671

OCLC:

320323708