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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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Series:Explorations in language and space / Explorations in language and space
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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 illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780191760020