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Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity - Language Culture and Cognition Levinson, Stephen C. (Max-Planck-Institut fur Psycholinguistik, The Netherlands)
Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity - Language Culture and Cognition
Levinson, Stephen C. (Max-Planck-Institut fur Psycholinguistik, The Netherlands)
In this 2003 book, Stephen C. Levinson uses differences between languages to explore the relation between language and thought. He shows that even in a core cognitive domain like spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about spatial relations and directions.
414 pages, 47 b/w illus. 25 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 20, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521812627 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 414 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 27 mm · 773 g |
| Language | English |