Functional features in language and space : insights from perception, categorization, and development / edited by Laura Carlson and Emile van der Zee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carlson, Laura Anne, 1965-

Zee, Emile van der.

Series:

Explorations in language and space ; 2.

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford linguistics

[Explorations in language and space ; 02]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space and time in language.

Functionalism (Linguistics).

Cognitive maps (Psychology).

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 'language and space' area is a relatively new research area in cognitive science. Studying how language and spatial representation are linked in the human brain mainly draws on research in existing disciplines focusing on language, perception, categorization and development. Representative researchers from these sub-disciplines of cognitive science discuss new insights in their own field of expertise and show what role their definition of 'function', 'feature', or 'functional feature' plays in their research. New research centred around these concepts is on the forefront of developments in

Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Functional Features in Language and Space; 1.1 Part One-Features: Derived from Perception, Action, and Embodiment; 1.2 Part Two-Function: Definitions and Influence; 1.3 Part Three-Features that are Functional: Categorization, Learning, and Language; 1.4 Part Four-Overview of Research in Space and Language; PART ONE-FEATURES: DERIVED FROM PERCEPTION, ACTION, AND EMBODIMENT; 2 Language is Grounded in Action; 2.1 Theories of Meaning; 2.2 Testing the Indexical Hypothesis; 2.3 The Action-sentence Compatibility Effect; 2.4 Conclusions

3 The Bicycle Pedal is in Front of the Table. Why some Objects do not Fit into some Spatial Relations3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Meaning as Embodied Representation; 3.3 Figures and Grounds; 3.4 A Study on Locative Sentences; 3.5 Concluding Remarks; 4 Dissociation between Verbal and Pointing Responding in Perspective Change Problems; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Experiment 1; 4.3 Experiment 2; 4.4 General Discussion; 5 An Ecological Approach to the Interface between Language and Vision; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Schematization and Context Sensitivity; 5.3 A Model of the Language-Perception Interface

5.4 Predictions5.5 Conclusions; 6 Contextual, Functional, and Geometric Components in the Semantics of Projective Terms; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A Common Model of Reference Systems and Projective Prepositions; 6.3 Functional Asymmetries and Principal Directions; 6.4 German Projective Terms beyond Prepositions; 6.5 Conclusion; 7 Verbs and Directions: The Interaction of Geometry and Function in Determining Orientation; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Describing Turning Situations Using the German Verb drehen; 7.3 Conceptual Semantics for the German Verb drehen; 7.4 Conclusion

8 Between Space and Function: How Spatial and Functional Features Determine the Comprehension of between8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Spatial Features Representing Referent Distributions; 8.3 Visual Functional Features; 8.4 Linguistic Functional Features; 8.5 General Functional Features; 8.6 Dynamic-Kinematic Features; 8.7 One Lexical Concept but more than one Corresponding Spatial Prototype; 8.8 The Meaning of between in Context; PART TWO-FUNCTION: DEFINITIONS AND INFLUENCE; 9 The HIPE Theory of Function; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The HIPE Theory; 9.3 Causal Chains in HIPE; 9.4 Applications

10 Towards a Classification of Extra-geometric Influences on the Comprehension of Spatial Prepositions10.1 Introduction; 10.2 In and On; 10.3 Projective Prepositions; over, under, above, below, in front of, and behind; 10.4 Other Prepositions: The Case of between; 10.5 Putting Geometric and Extra-geometric Constraints Together: The Functional Geometric Framework; 11 Is it in or is it on? The Influence of Geometry and Location Control on Children's Descriptions of Containment and Support Events; 11.1 Introduction

11.2 In and on: The Importance of the Extra-geometric Factor of Location Control in Adult Comprehension and Production

Notes:

Series statements on jacket.

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

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-926432-5

1-280-75664-0

1-4294-2181-9

0-19-151470-5

0-19-153258-4

OCLC:

476259983