...This article focuses on cognitive linguistic research in spatial semantics, that is, the meaning of spatial language that regards language as an integrated part of human cognition. This rather broad definition is meant to cover not only the type of research that can be said to constitute...

... of all these aspects of spatial language. Importantly, however, the chapter also finds similar rich knowledge in young normally developing children by the age of 4 or 6. Combined with evidence from the broader literature on vocabulary, morphosyntax, syntax, and syntax-semantics interactions, the chapter...

...”. It is a term in very widespread use, but different people mean quite different things by it. Then, it describes in greater detail the evidence favoring the geometric module hypothesis and the further hypothesis that it can be augmented by spatial language. Moreover, the reasons to doubt the modularity-plus...

...Spatial language comprehension and production is affected not only by where objects are positioned in space but also by what those objects are and how they are interacting with each other over time. This chapter examines children's production of spatial expressions to describe scenes involving...

...This chapter argues that spatial language is determined in part by attentional deployment over objects. This attentional deployment may be driven by both geometry and habitual object function. Thus, geometric and functional influences in spatial language, while separate in origin, may act through...

...This chapter addresses the question of how we can account for spatial language. Perceptual features, functional features, schemas, context, and affordances are among the bases proposed. It is argued that all can be operative. A survey of research from a variety of entity domains, especially natural...

...This chapter argues that axial representations are engaged in both linguistic and non-linguistic tasks. Axial structure is required to account for performance in object location memory tasks, matching tasks, and spatial language tasks. Axial structure representations are independent of direction...

... variously as ‘topological’, ‘projective’, and ‘proximity’ or ‘directional’, are examined. It is argued that the types of representation needed to serve spatial language are unlikely to be of a single format, and that the types of representation generated from the visual system underlying spatial language...

... encoding can be expected to play a central role in various other non‐spatial domains in language. A reason why motion encoding is specifically interesting when studying spatial language is that it is not always possible to understand descriptions of static situations without considering notions of movement...

... Polunin O et al mental model metaphors eye-tracking mental imagery verbal reports spatial cognition visual attention mental models spatial language ...

... spatial language. Brewer B Brown P Brunn J Carlson‐Radvanski L Carlson L Carpenter P Casad E Casey S Clark H Elian N Emmorey K Farah M Fillmore C Gapp K Garnham A Herskovits A Irwin D Jackendoff R Landau B Langacker R Levelt W Levinson S Logan G McCarthy R Regier T Schirra J...

...This chapter begins by laying out the purpose of the book, which is to examine the role of functional features in language and space, and then to explore what functional features might be and why such features might play a role in spatial language. An overview of the subsequent...

... this difference accounts for a number of differences in the ways in which we use spatial language to talk about objects and stuff. It is argued that functional properties are central to our conceptions of many kinds of objects. They are understood to be capacities to act or be acted upon that are understood...

... spatial language locative expressions machine language learning If your husband or wife, late for a meeting, asks you where their car keys are, giving the answer ‘In the house somewhere’ is unlikely to win approval. On the other hand, giving the answer ‘By the telephone’ is more likely to lead...

... in language. This collection of chapters presents both advanced students and researchers in linguistics, computer science, psychology, and cognitive science with a set of new explorations and challenges in the area of spatial language....

...Research in the areas of spatial language, spatial cognition, and spatial information science has undergone a rapid development within the past decades. Increasingly, interdisciplinary efforts are now aiming towards practical applications for the modern mobile everyday world. This results...

...In this book, we ask how space, language, and thought interact in learning and development. This encompasses not only how children learn about space and spatial language, but also how language and cognition are grounded in space. People think and act in a spatial medium. How does this impact...

... on how Velleius used certain narrative and rhetorical devices to present his work as world history. Three tools are closely looked at: the first is the use of chronological markers, and the succession of empires, to structure the work. The second is the way in which Velleius uses spatial language...