LANGUAGE AND SPACE
This review describes some recent, unexpected findings concerning variation in spatial language across cultures, and places them in the context of the general anthropology of space on the one hand, and theories of spatial cognition in the cognitive sciences on the other. There has been much concern...
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| description | This review describes some recent, unexpected findings concerning variation
in spatial language across cultures, and places them in the context of the
general anthropology of space on the one hand, and theories of spatial
cognition in the cognitive sciences on the other. There has been much concern
with the symbolism of space in anthropological writings, but little on concepts
of space in practical activities. This neglect of everyday spatial notions may
be due to unwitting ethnocentrism, the assumption in Western thinking generally
that notions of space are universally of a single kind. Recent work shows that
systems of spatial reckoning and description can in fact be quite divergent
across cultures, linguistic differences correlating with distinct cognitive
tendencies. This unexpected cultural variation raises interesting questions
concerning the relation between cultural and linguistic concepts and the
biological foundations of cognition. It argues for more sophisticated models
relating culture and cognition than we currently have available. |
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that notions of space are universally of a single kind. Recent work shows that
systems of spatial reckoning and description can in fact be quite divergent
across cultures, linguistic differences correlating with distinct cognitive
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of space in practical activities. This neglect of everyday spatial notions may
be due to unwitting ethnocentrism, the assumption in Western thinking generally
that notions of space are universally of a single kind. Recent work shows that
systems of spatial reckoning and description can in fact be quite divergent
across cultures, linguistic differences correlating with distinct cognitive
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with the symbolism of space in anthropological writings, but little on concepts
of space in practical activities. This neglect of everyday spatial notions may
be due to unwitting ethnocentrism, the assumption in Western thinking generally
that notions of space are universally of a single kind. Recent work shows that
systems of spatial reckoning and description can in fact be quite divergent
across cultures, linguistic differences correlating with distinct cognitive
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