Saying, seeing, and acting
the psychological semantics of spatial prepositions
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Author
Contributions
- Garrod, S. C. - Contributor
Publication
2004 - Psychology Press, Hove, East Sussex, England
Language
English
Word Count
50,250 words, Guess
Page Count
201 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3676325M
- ISBN-10184169116X
- OCLC Control Number56550769
- OCLC Control Number52195505
- OCLC Control Numbersayingseeingacti00kenn
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- Library of Congress Control Number2003013938
- Goodreads3829959
- LibraryThing2091582
Classifications
- DDC415
- LCCP285 .C68 2004
Description
Our use of spatial prepositions carries an implicit understanding of the functional relationships both between objects themselves and human interaction with those objects. This is the thesis rigorously explicated in Saying, Seeing and Acting. The terms of the debate are established and contextualised in part one. In the second part systematic experimental evidence is drawn upon to demonstrate specific covariances between spatial world and spatial language. The authors go on to give an original account of the functional and geometric constraints on which comprehension and human action among spatially related objects is based. Part three looks at the interaction of these constraints to create a truly dynamic functional geometric framework for the meaningful use of spatial prepositions. Fascinating to anyone whose work touches on psycholinguistics, this book represents a thorough and incisive contribution to debates in the cognitive psychology of language. -- from back cover.
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Series Statement
- Essays in cognitive psychology
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