Language and Space (Language, Speech, and Communication) [Paperback]

Paul Bloom (Editor), Mary A. Peterson (Editor), Lynn Nadel (Editor), Merrill F. Garrett (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0262522667 | ISBN-13: 978-0262522663

The study of the relationship between natural language and spatial cognition has the potential to yield answers to vexing questions about the nature of the mind, language, and culture. The fifteen original contributions in Language and Space bring together the major lines of research and the most important theoretical viewpoints in the areas of psychology, linguistics, anthropology, and neuroscience, providing a much needed synthesis across these diverse domains.Each chapter gives a clear up-to-date account of a particular research program. Overall, they address such questions as: how does the brain represent space, how many kinds of spatial representations are there, how do we learn to talk about space and what role does culture play in these matters, should experimental tests of the relations between space and language be restricted to closed-class linguistic elements or must the role of open-class elements be considered as well? Throughout authors speak to each other's arguments, laying bare key areas of agreement and disagreement.Contributors: Manfred Bierwisch. Paul Bloom. Melissa Bowerman. Karen Emmorey. Merrill Garrett. Ray Jackendoff. Philip Johnson-Laird. Barbara Landau. Willem Levelt. Stephen Levinson. Gordon Logan. Jean Mandler. Lynn Nadel. John O'Keefe. Mary Peterson. Daniel Sadler. Tim Shallice. Len Talmy. Barbara Tversky.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An excellent volume for bringing readers up to date with recent developments. . . . "Language and Space" can be considered a blueprint that should guide the future research in this area for years to come."--Laura A. Carlson-Radvansky, "Contemporary Psychology"

About the Author

Mark Girolami is Professor of Computing and Inferential Science in the Department of Computing Science and the Department of Statistics at the University of Glasgow.

The fifteen original contributions in Language and Space bring together the major lines of research and the most important theoretical viewpoints in the areas of psychology, linguistics, anthropology, and neuroscience, providing a much needed synthesis across these diverse domains.

Mary A. Peterson is Professor in the Cognition and Neural Systems Program in the Department of Psychology and Research Social Scientist in the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Arizona.

Product Details

• Paperback: 616 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press (June 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262522667
• ISBN-13: 978-0262522663
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,496,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)