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Human cognitive processing (HCP) : cognitive foundations of language structure and use, 1387-6724 ; volume 52 |
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Human cognitive processing ; v. 52
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Intro -- Conceptualizations of Time -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introducing conceptualizations of time -- 1. Structure of the volume -- 2. Survey of the chapters -- References -- Part I. Timeless concept of temporality -- Chapter 1. Temporal reference without the concept of time? -- 1. The thesis -- 2. Modal supervenience -- 3. Indispensability of temporal reference? -- 4. Banishing A-theory from metaphysics and from semantics? -- 5. Direct-Quantitative semantics? -- 6. Concluding remarks -- References -- Part II. Spatial construal of time extended -- Chapter 2. Situating events in language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous work on locating events -- 3. Events in space -- 4. A procedure for event localization -- 5. Non-movement event localization -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Speaking, gesturing, reasoning: Methods and issues in the study of spatial constru -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial construals of time in linguistics -- 2.1 Findings in linguistics -- 3. Spatial construals of time in gesture -- 3.1 Methods in gesture research -- 3.2 Findings from gesture research -- 3.3 Summary -- 4. Spatial construals of time in psychological experiments -- 4.1 Spatial arrangement tasks -- 4.2 Priming studies -- 4.3 Response compatibility studies -- 4.4 Findings from psychological experiments -- 5. The peculiar case of sequence judgments along the sagittal axis -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4. Temporal language and temporal thinking may not go hand in hand -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The sagittal timeline in English -- 2.1 Directionality in deictic space-time metaphors -- 2.2 Directionality in sequence space-time metaphors -- 2.3 Are there any other timelines in English? -- 3. Evidence for a laterally-oriented mental timeline |
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4. An experiment: What is the dominant timeline in English speakers' minds? -- 5. When are gestures more informative than words? -- 6. Why do English speakers use a lateral mental timeline? -- 6.1 Do speakers ever use a sagittal timeline in gesture or thought? -- 7. Mental timelines in Darija speakers: Another dissociation between temporal language and thought -- 8. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5. The western conception of time in signed languages: A cognitive linguistic perspe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cognitive linguistics and signed languages -- 3. Time and culture -- 4. The Western conception of time -- 5. The Western conception of time in signed languages -- 5.1 Time as linear -- 5.2 Time as related to observable phenomena -- 5.3 Time as cyclic -- 5.4 Time as an economic resource -- 6. Summary -- References -- Chapter 6. The mental timeline during the processing of linguistic information -- 1. Mental representation of time -- 2. Mental timeline -- 3. Linguistic relevance of the mental timeline -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Part III. Time conceptualizations beyond space -- Chapter 7. The cultural cognition of time: Some anthropological perspectives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geophysical and environmental models -- 3. Social models -- 4. The body model -- 5. Time and lexicalisation -- 6. Some problems in the cultural cognition of time -- 6.1 Is time (what some have called "Time as such") a cultural domain and conceptual universal? -- 6.2 Can we conceptualise time without the concept of space? -- 6.3 Why is it necessary to describe one cultural domain in terms of another? -- 6.4 Can the conventional opposition made between linear and cyclic conceptions of time be sustained? -- 6.5 To what extent are notions of time based on shared processes of cognition? |
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6.6 To what extent does consciousness, achieved through culture and augmented by language, mean tha -- 6.7 If all humans operate with some notions of time that exist independent of language, what aspects -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8. When time is not space: The social and linguistic construction of time intervals and tem -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Space-time mappings and temporal relations -- 3. Time-based time intervals and symbolic cognitive artefacts -- 4. Calendars and time reckoning: Anthropological perspectives -- 5. Amondawa culture and society: An overview -- 6. Time intervals in Amondawa language and culture -- 6.1 Method -- 6.2 Task 1. Calendar questionnaire -- 6.3 Task 2. Calendar installation: Seasons -- 6.4 Task 3. Calendar installation: Days -- 7. Time and the human lifespan in Amondawa -- 8. Do Amondawa speakers use space-time constructional mapping? -- 8.1 Task 4. Time landscape game -- 9. Discussion -- 10. Conclusion -- 11. Postscript for this volume -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9. Metaphor and thought: Conceptualization of time in Chinese -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review -- 2.1 Space-to-time mappings -- 2.2 time is space -- 3. The meaning of time in Chinese -- 3.1 time is nature -- 3.2 time is change -- 3.3 Time and space -- 3.4 Representation of time in modern Chinese -- 4. Time as water -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix -- Part IV. Conceptualizations of temporal categories -- Chapter 10. Temporal scenery: Experiential bases for deictic concepts of time in East Asi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Major linguistic conceptions of time -- 2.1 Time adverbials and tense -- 2.2 The Time Orientation metaphor -- 2.3 The Moving Time and Moving Observer metaphors -- 3. Deictic time conception in Ainu, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Ryukyuan -- 3.1 Deictic adverbials of temporal orientation |
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3.2 Tense markers -- 3.3 Dominant metaphors for time conception -- 4. Motion and orientation in deictic time conception -- 4.1 'Front/back' orientation based on a moving entity -- 4.2 'First, ' 'next, ' 'earlier, ' and 'later' -- 5. Temporal scenery as structured experience of time -- 5.1 Temporal scenery in East Asian languages -- 5.2 Theoretical implications and a further cross-linguistic perspective -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 11. Marking anteriority, perfect and perfectivity in languages of mainland Southeast Asia: C -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language data and labels in publications -- 2.1 Burmese markers referring to the past and their labels -- 2.2 Lao markers referring to the past and their labels -- 2.3 Thai markers referring to the past and their labels -- 2.4 Vietnamese markers referring to the past and their labels -- Abbreviations -- References -- Appendix: Transliteration conventions -- Part V. Distributional sources of time conceptualization -- Chapter 12. Reflection of temporal horizon in linguistic performance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The concept of temporal horizon -- 3. Time and the socializing process -- 4. Measurement of time perspective in psychology -- 5. Reflection of temporal horizon in spontaneous conversations -- 5.1 Research methodology -- 6. Density of temporal horizon -- 7. Extension of temporal horizon -- 8. Alterations of temporal horizon across age groups -- 9. Cognitive schema of temporal horizon -- 10. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix: Explanations for query listings -- Chapter 13. Time-discretising adverbials Distributional evidence of conceptualisation patterns -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Temporal discretisation patterns as construals -- 4. The data -- 5. Exploratory analysis -- 6. Observations -- 7. Formulaicity analysis |
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8. Seconds and minutes in English and Polish data: n = 5 -- 9. Hours in English and Polish data: n = 8 -- 10. Summary -- References -- Author index -- Subject index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Space and time in language
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Cognition.
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Psycholinguistics.
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Cognition
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Psycholinguistics
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cognition.
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psycholinguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Cognition
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Psycholinguistics
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Space and time in language
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Kognitive Linguistik
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Zeit
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Space and time in language.
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Cognitive linguistics.
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Psycholinguistics.
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Tid och rum.
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Kognition.
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Språkpsykologi.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Barbara, editor
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9789027267597 |
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9027267596 |
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