Spatial Deixis : How Finely Do Languages Divide Space?

Shingo Imai

ISBN 10: 3639161874 / ISBN 13: 9783639161878

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

About this Item

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book investigates the semantics of spatialdeixis (e.g., this and that) from a cross-linguisticpoint of view. The objectives are 1) to revealparameters which determine spatial deictic usage, 2)to compare parameters among languages, and 3) toinvestigate parameter dominance. The author lookedinto more than 400 languages and clarified parametersthat have not been fully understood in previousstudies. Parameters listed in this book provide anoverview of the meanings of spatial deixis inlanguages of the world. The penetrating analyses ofspatial deixis provide the better understanding ofinteraction between perception and language.------------------------------------------------This work is a superb analysis of the overall systemfor spatial deixis across languages. It arrays withina definitive framework the conceptual parameterscriterial to the distinctions marked by spatiallydeictic forms. It includes both typological anduniversal findings based on both qualitative andquantitative elicitation procedures.---Leonard Talmy.

Seller Inventory # 9783639161878

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spatial Deixis : How Finely Do Languages Divide Space?
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639161874
• ISBN 13: 9783639161878
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 14D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 382 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This book investigates the semantics of spatial deixis (e.g., this and that) from a cross-linguistic point of view. The objectives are 1) to reveal parameters which determine spatial deictic usage, 2) to compare parameters among languages, and 3) to investigate parameter dominance. The author looked into more than 400 languages and clarified parameters that have not been fully understood in previous studies. Parameters listed in this book provide an overview of the meanings of spatial deixis in languages of the world. The penetrating analyses of spatial deixis provide the better understanding of interaction between perception and language. ------------------------------------------------ This work is a superb analysis of the overall system for spatial deixis across languages. It arrays within a definitive framework the conceptual parameters criterial to the distinctions marked by spatially deictic forms. It includes both typological and universal findings based on both qualitative and quantitative elicitation procedures.---Leonard Talmy

About the Author

Ph.D. in cognitive linguistics at State University of New York at Buffalo. Associate professor at Yamaguchi University, Japan.