Language Culture and Cognition Series

14 primary works • 14 total works

This series focuses on the role that language, in both its universal, psychological aspects and its variable, cultural aspects, plays in human cognition. Studies focus on the relation between semantic and conceptual categories and processes, especially as these are illuminated by cross-linguistic and cross-cultural studies, the study of language ac…

Drawn from the Ground: Sound, Sign and Inscription in Central Australian Sand Stories

Drawn from the Ground: Sound, Sign and Inscription in Central Australian Sand Stories

by Jennifer Green

3.00 · 2 Ratings · published 2014 · 10 editions

Sand stories from Central Australia are a traditio…

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Demonstratives in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Demonstratives in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

by Stephen C. Levinson

0.00 · 5 editions

Demonstratives play a crucial role in the acquisit…

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Questions: Formal, Functional and Interactional Perspectives

Questions: Formal, Functional and Interactional Perspectives

by Jan P. De Ruiter

3.00 · 1 Ratings · published 2012 · 8 editions

The view that questions are 'requests for missing …

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Event Representation in Language and Cognition

Event Representation in Language and Cognition

by Jürgen Bohnemeyer

3.00 · 1 Ratings · published 2010 · 8 editions

Event Representation in Language and Cognition exa…

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Language, Culture, and Mind: Natural Constructions and Social Kinds

Language, Culture, and Mind: Natural Constructions and Social Kinds

by Paul Kockelman

4.00 · 2 Ratings · published 2006 · 10 editions

Based on fieldwork carried out in a Mayan village …

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The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances

The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances

by N.J. Enfield

3.83 · 6 Ratings · published 2009 · 8 editions

How do we understand what others are trying to say…

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Person Reference in Interaction: Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives

Person Reference in Interaction: Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives

by N.J. Enfield

0.00 · published 2007 · 9 editions

How do we refer to people in everyday conversation…

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Language, Space, and Social Relationships: A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia

Language, Space, and Social Relationships: A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia

by Giovanni Bennardo

0.00 · published 2009 · 8 editions

The study of the relationship between language and…

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Systems of Nominal Classification

Systems of Nominal Classification

by Gunter Senft

5.00 · 1 Ratings · published 2000 · 3 editions

This volume addresses the fundamental linguistic q…

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Grammars of Space: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

Grammars of Space: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

by Stephen C. Levinson

4.60 · 5 Ratings · published 2006 · 6 editions

Spatial language - that is, the way languages stru…

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Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

by Stephen C. Levinson

3.90 · 20 Ratings · published 1999 · 6 editions

Spatial orientation and direction are core areas o…

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Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development

Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development

by Melissa Bowerman

0.00 · published 2001 · 6 editions

Recent years have seen a revolution in our knowled…

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Language and Gesture

Language and Gesture

by David McNeill

4.00 · 8 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions

This landmark study examines the role of gestures …

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Language and Conceptualization

Language and Conceptualization

0.00 · published 1997 · 6 editions

To what extent is conceptualization based on lingu…

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