The construal of spatial meaning : windows into conceptual space /

This text deals with how language users express and understand literal and metaphorical spatial meaning in language and through gesture and pointing. The research draws on data from textual investigation using corpora, as well as from experiments of various kinds, such as psycholinguistic experiment...

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Other Authors: Paradis, Carita, Hudson, Jean (Linguist), Magnusson, Ulf
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:Explorations in language and space ; 7.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This text deals with how language users express and understand literal and metaphorical spatial meaning in language and through gesture and pointing. The research draws on data from textual investigation using corpora, as well as from experiments of various kinds, such as psycholinguistic experiments and eye-tracking.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-343) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191613142
0191613142
9780191760020
0191760021