Annette Herskovits

Language and Spatial Cognition

An Interdisciplinary Study of the Prepositions in English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a precise and thorough description of the meaning and use of spatial expressions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780521109185
• ISBN-10: 0521109183
• Artikelnr.: 26105452

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Descriptive Framework: 1. Meaning and use of locative expressions
2. Normal situation types
3. Purpose
4. Ideal meanings
5. Geometric descriptions
6. Pragmatic factors
7. Use types
Part II. An Excursion into Computer Models: 8. Decoding and encoding
Part III. Case Studies: 9. The three basic topological prepositions
10. The projective prepositions
Conclusion: Index.